America (Ship : 1822-1862)

Dates:
Active 1835
Active 1838

Biographical notes:

Whaling vessel (418 tons); out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Waren Luce on voyage from 28 Aug. 1856-26 Aug. 1857; owner-agent: Isaac Howland, Jr. & Company; built at Newburyport, Mass., in 1822; sunk, 1862.

From the description of Logbook of the ship America, 1856 Aug. 28-1857 Aug. 26. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 505252245

Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Lorenzo Fisher on voyage from 25 June 1851-21 June 1854; owner-agent: Isaac Howland, Jr. & Company; built at Newburyport, Mass., in 1822; sunk, 1862.

From the description of Logbook of the ship America, 1851 June 25-1854 June 19. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71129368

Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Elihu Gifford, on voyage from 25 Oct. 1835-19 Apr. 1838 to the Western, Cornell, Desolation, Coast of New Holland, Madagascar, and Crozet whaling grounds; owner-agent: Isaac Howland, Jr. & Company; built at Newbury, Mass., 1822.

From the description of Logbook of the ship America, 1835 Oct. 25-1838 Apr. 18. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 123477997

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Subjects:

  • Blue whale
  • Finback whale
  • Globicephala
  • Humpback whale
  • Marine accidents
  • Punishment
  • Right whale
  • Seafaring life
  • Shipping
  • Signals and signaling
  • Sperm whale
  • Voyages and travels
  • Whale bone
  • Whale oil
  • Whalers (Persons)
  • Whales
  • Whaling
  • Whaling masters

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Places:

  • North Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Indian Ocean (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Fairhaven (as recorded)
  • Dirk Hartog Island (W.A.) (as recorded)
  • Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia) (as recorded)
  • Port Louis (Mauritius) (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • North Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • São Tiago Island (Cape Verde) (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Auckland (N.Z.) (as recorded)
  • Cape Town (South Africa) (as recorded)
  • Pernambuco (Brazil) (as recorded)