Circumpolar Navigator

Arctic Heritage Library

[Wave (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by B.A. Briggs, keeper William G. Morton on voyage 1 June 1869 - 1 December 1870],

Item Details

Creator: Wave (Bark), Morton, William G
Subjects: A.R. Tucker (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Abbott Lawrence (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Accidents, African (Steamer)--Sightings and encounters, Albert (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, Antelope (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Blue whale, Bridgetown (Barbados)--Description and travel, Briggs, B. A.--(Barnabas Alvin), Briton (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Carrie W. Clark (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, Charles H. Cook (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, Cicero (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, D.A. Small (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Desdemona (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Desertion, Naval, Diseases, Dominica--Description and travel, Faial Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Finback whale, Flores Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Flyingfishes, Fredonia (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Glacier (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Globe (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Globicephala, Grampus (Mammals), Humpback whale, Hurricanes, Jamestown (Saint Helena)--Description and travel, Killer whale, Marine accidents, Mary D. Leach (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, Matilda Sears (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Nautilus (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Pernambuco (Brazil)--Description and travel, Peru (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Pico (Azores)--Description and travel, Porpoises, Punishment, Saint Helena--Description and travel, Sao Miguel Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Sao Tiago Island (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Sarah Lewis (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, Seafaring life, Sint Eustatius--Description and travel, Sperm whale, Squids, Tenerife (Canary Islands)--Description and travel, Thomas Knowles & Co. (New Bedford, Mass.), Valparaiso (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Whalers (Persons), Whalers (Persons)--Wounds and injuries, Whaling masters, Whaling ships--Maintenance and repair, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, Wind damage, Wounds and injuries
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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