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[Wave (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by B.A. Briggs, keeper William G. Morton and then V.C. Long, on voyage 9 May 1871 - 21 July 1873],

Item Details

Creator: Wave (Bark), Morton, William G, Long, V. C
Subjects: --Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Accidents, Admiral Blake (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, Annawan (Bark : 1859-1873)--Sightings and encounters, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Bermuda--Description and travel, Blue whale, Bridgetown (Barbados)--Description and travel, Briggs, B. A.--(Barnabas Alvin), C.B. Phillips (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Clara Sparks (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, Commodore Morris (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Desertion, Naval, Diseases, Draco (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Faial Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Finback whale, Flores Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Fuerteventura (Canary Islands)--Description and travel, George Downes (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Globicephala, Grampus (Mammals), Gran Canaria (Canary Islands)--Description and travel, Hand-to-hand fighting, James Welch (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Laconia (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Marine accidents, Ocean Steed (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Pernambuco (Brazil)--Description and travel, Punishment, Sal (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Sao Tiago Island (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Sea Fox (Bark : 1851-1890)--Sightings and encounters, Seafaring life, Sharks, Sperm whale, Starlight (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Thomas Knowles & Co. (New Bedford, Mass.), Whalers (Persons)--Health and hygiene, Whalers (Persons)--Wounds and injuries, Whalers' spouses--Death, Whaling masters, Whaling ships--Equipment and supplies, Whaling ships--Maintenance and repair, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, Women and the sea, Wounds and injuries
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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