Logbook of the ship Ganges, 1849 Sept. 12-1853 July 20.

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Logbook of the ship Ganges, 1849 Sept. 12-1853 July 20.

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Log, kept by John B. Nicholson, relating to a whaling voyage to the Atlantic and South Pacific oceans. Includes descriptions of whales (blackfish, finback, humpback, and sperm), seen or taken, accidents at sea; shipboard medicine, and women on ship; and whale stamps, profile portraits, watercolors, inventories of whale oil, poetry, recipes for medicines, and whaling signals. Places represented include Raoul Island, Tutuila Island, Upolu, Nikunau, Macauley Island, and Bay of Islands.

1 v. (265 p.)

Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library

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Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library

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Nicholson, John B., logkeeper

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Ganges (Ship : 1809-1858)

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Whaling vessel; out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Thomas Coffin, 2nd, on voyage to the French Rock, Vasquez, On the Line, and New Zealand whaling grounds; built at Haverhill, Ma., 1809; condemned 1858. From the description of Logbook of the ship Ganges, 1849 Sept. 12-1853 July 20. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 181375551 Chartered ship, 627 tons. Principal Managing Owner: Edward Moore Boultbee. Voyages: (1) 1828/9 Bengal and Madras. Capt E...

Coffin, Thomas Edward, 1838-

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Survivor of the 1854 wreck of the ship Manchester off the coast of Argentina and subsequent capture by natives of Tierra del Fuego and Civil War veteran, of Nantucket, Mass., and later Albion, Mich.; also called Edward Coffin. From the description of Thomas Edward Coffin papers/LeGray collection, 1802-1889. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 70944886 ...