Journal of a Whaling Voyage from Stonington [Connecticut] around the World by Way of the Cape of Good Hope on to the Northwest Coast of America ... on board the Ship, Charles Phelps, Gilbert Pendelton, Jr. Commanding ... : ms. S, 1844-1847.

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Journal of a Whaling Voyage from Stonington [Connecticut] around the World by Way of the Cape of Good Hope on to the Northwest Coast of America ... on board the Ship, Charles Phelps, Gilbert Pendelton, Jr. Commanding ... : ms. S, 1844-1847.

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Record of a voyage (June 25, 1844-February 15, 1846) on the Charles Phelps; sojourn at Lahaina; and transfer, August 16, 1846, to the ship, Drome, Captain Steel. The journal ends March 7, 1847, when near home. The Charles Phelps sought whales in the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific, and off the coast of "Kamzcatka" in the fall of 1845; visited San Francisco Bay in November and December, 1845; and hunted "elephants" down the California coast, with a visit to the Santa Barbara Channel Islands, before making for Hawaii. At end is a list of whales killed and oil stowed down.

Originals : 230 p. ; 33 cm.Copies : 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 677:5) and positive.

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Hall, Gurdon, 1812-

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Steel, Capt.

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Charles Phelps (Ship)

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Whaling vessel; out of Stonington, Conn., mastered by Gilbert Pendleton, Jr., on voyage from 25 June 1844-15 Apr. 1847; owner-agent: Charles P. Williams; built at Westerly, R.I., 1841. From the description of Logbook of the ship Charles Phelps, 1844 June 25-1847 Apr. 15. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 74983649 Whaling vessel, out of Stonington, Conn., mastered by Palmer Hall, on voyage from 29 Aug. 1842-30 Mar. 1844 to the near Western, Croze...