Tamerlane (Ship)
Biographical notes:
Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Joshua B. Winslow on voyage from 1 Oct. 1854-2 June 1858 to the Steen, Coast of Brazil, Coast of Chile, Juan Fernandez, Offshore, On the Line, Hawaiian, Kodiak, Northwest Coast, Kamchatka, Vasquez, Arctic Ocean, Bristol Bay, and near French Rock whaling grounds; owner-agent: Thomas Knowles & Co.; built at Wiscasset, Me., 1824.
From the description of Logbook of the ship Tamerlane, 1854 Oct. 1-1858 June 2. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 259160173
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Subjects:
- Blue whale
- Bowhead whale
- Collisions at sea
- Finback whale
- Globicephala
- Humpback whale
- Indigenous peoples
- Killer whale
- Marine accidents
- Punishment
- Right whale
- Scrimshaw
- Seafaring life
- Sperm whale
- Voyages and travels
- Whalers (Persons)
- Whales
- Whaling
- Whaling masters
Occupations:
not available for this record
Places:
- East Cape (N.Z.) (as recorded)
- Macauley Island (Kermadec Islands) (as recorded)
- Aitutaki Atoll (Cook Islands) (as recorded)
- Huahine Island (French Polynesia) (as recorded)
- Lahaina (Hawaii) (as recorded)
- Juan Fernández Islands (as recorded)
- Palmerston (Cook Islands) (as recorded)
- Kauai (Hawaii) (as recorded)
- Talcahuano (Chile) (as recorded)
- Arctic Ocean (as recorded)
- Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
- Honolulu (Hawaii) (as recorded)
- Auckland (N.Z.) (as recorded)
- Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
- Mauke (Cook Islands) (as recorded)
