Levant (Ship : 1831-1855)

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Dates:
Active 1851
Active 1854

Biographical notes:

Whaling vessel, out of Sag Harbor, N.Y., mastered by Mercator Cooper, on voyage from 7 Aug. 1851 to 1855 (lost; ending this voyage) to the off southwest coast of South Africa, Coast of Kamchatka, Chatham Island, Balleny Islands, Japan, and Anadyr Sea whaling grounds; agent-owner: Huntting Cooper; built at Newbury, Mass., 1831.

From the description of Logbook of the ship Levant, 1851 Aug. 5-1854 Dec. 11. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 210269993

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Places:

  • Saint Paul Island (Terres australes et antarctiques françaises) (as recorded)
  • China--Guangzhou (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--Sag Harbor (as recorded)
  • New York (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Arctic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Columbia River (as recorded)
  • Hawaii (as recorded)
  • Columbia River (as recorded)
  • South Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Guangzhou (China) (as recorded)
  • Hawaii (as recorded)
  • Oregon (as recorded)
  • Hobart (Tas.) (as recorded)
  • Honolulu (Hawaii) (as recorded)
  • Guangzhou (China) (as recorded)
  • Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • San Francisco (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Antarctic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Brava (Cape Verde) (as recorded)
  • Chatham Island (N.Z.) (as recorded)
  • Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Faial Island (Azores) (as recorded)
  • Oregon (as recorded)