Logbook of the whaling ship Constitution, 1840-1842.

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Logbook of the whaling ship Constitution, 1840-1842.

Logbook (1840 May 10-1842 April 17; 125 pages) kept aboard the whaling ship Constitution, sailing mainly off the coast of Peru, with entries relating to weather and sea conditions, the sighting and killing of whales, and whale oil extraction.

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Constitution (Ship)

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Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Obed R. Bunker; owner-agent: Charles G. & Henry Coffin; first ship to use camel out of Nantucket harbor (not on this voyage). From the description of Log/journal, 1842 Sept. 23-1843 Oct. 20. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013209 Logbook belonging to a whaler from Nantucket, Mass. From the description of Logbook of the whaling ship Constitution, 1840-1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: ...