Good Return (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Christopher Cook. Kept by Benjamin F. Wing. 1847 Dec. 9-1851 Jan. 28 on a voyage to the Cape Verde, Off Shore, Northwest Coast, Coast of California, Galapagos, Japan, and Arctic Ocean whaling grounds

Description:

Log, kept by Benjamin F. Wing, relating to a whaling voyage to the North Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans, Sea of Japan, and Okhotsk Sea; Includes descriptions of types of whales and walrus seen or taken, death at sea, indigenous people, crew refusing to take anchor and short-handed at Lahaina, and punishment on ship; and accounts, crew list...

Display date:

1847-01-01T00:00:00Z

Collections:

Digital Public Library of America

Contributors:

New Bedford Whaling Museum

Content partner:

New Bedford Whaling Museum

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