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<p>Log, kept by J.H. Rice and two unidentified, relating to a whaling voyage to the Arctic, Pacific, and North Atlantic oceans; Includes descriptions of types of whales (blackfish, blue, bowhead, finback, humpback, killer, right, and sperm whales) seen or taken, accidents and death at sea, indigenous people, and punishment on ship; and whale stamps, sketches of whales, crew list, inventories of whale oil and bone, and list of provisions. Other places represented include Fogo, Sao Tiago Island, Unimak, Fox Islands, Lahaina, Rarotonga, Bay of Islands, San Francisco, Kodiak, Pohnpei Island (Ascension Island), and Honolulu; Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Joseph Tinker, on voyage from 9 Oct. 1857-11 Apr. 1861 to the Coast of California, Northwest Coast, and near Off Shore whaling grounds; owner-agent: Simeon N. West; built at New York, N.Y., 1835
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<br>Subjects: Tinker, Joseph; West, Simeon N.; Blue whale; Bowhead whale; Finback whale; Globicephala; Humpback whale; Indigenous peoples; Killer whale; Marine accidents; Punishment; Right whales; Seafaring life; Ships--Equipment and supplies; Sperm whale; Voyages and travels; Whale oil; Whalebone; Whalers (Persons); Whalers (Persons)--Death; Whales; Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford; Whaling masters; Arctic Ocean--Description and travel; Fogo (Cape Verde)--Description and travel; Fox Islands (Alaska)--Description and travel; Honolulu (Hawaii)--Description and travel; Islands, Bay of (N.Z.)--Description and travel; Kodiak (Alaska)--Description and travel; Lahaina (Hawaii)--Description and travel; North Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel; Pacific Ocean--Description and travel; Pohnpei Island (Micronesia)--Description and travel; Rarotonga (Cook Islands)--Description and travel; San Francisco (Calif.)--Description and travel; Sao Tiago Island (Cape Verde)--Description and travel; Unimak (Alaska)--Description and travel; Rice, J. H.</div>
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Moctezuma (Ship)</div>
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