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<p>Log, kept by Robert Conley, relating to a whaling voyage to the North Pacific and Arctic oceans; Contains description of whales (Blackfish, Blue, Bowhead, Finback, Humpback, Right and Sperm) or walrus seen or taken, accidents and death at sea, Arctic disaster, mutiny, indigenous people, and women aboard ship; Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Gilbert L. Smith, Thomas Mellen, and West Mitchell, on voyage from 10 Oct. 1871-Oct. 1880 to the Northeast Atlantic, Southwest Atlantic, Northeast Pacific, Northwest Pacific, Arctic, Southwest Bay, Southeast Pacific, Kamchatka, Chukchi Sea and Sea of Japan whaling grounds; owner-agent: J. Bourne, Jr.; built at Rochester, N.Y. 1851
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<br>Subjects: Bourne, J. Jr; Conley, Robert; Mellen, Thomas H.; Mitchell, West; Smith, Gilbert L.; Blackfish; Blue whale; Bowhead whale; Finback whale; Humpback whale; Inidgenous peoples; Marine accidents; Punishment; Rescues; Right whales; Sperm whale; Voyages and travels; Whalers (Persons); Whalers (Persons)--Death; Whales; Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford; Whaling masters; Women and the sea; Arctic Ocean--Description and travel; Honolulu (Hawaii)--Description and travel; North Pacific Ocean--Description and travel; Oahu (Hawaii)--Description and travel; Panama--Description and travel; Talcahuano (Chile)--Description and travel; Tumbez (Peru)--Description and travel</div>
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Northern Light (Bark)</div>
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