Itineraries of whaling and trading ships in the Pacific Ocean, 1970-1976

PMB 901-908

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]

440844

Microfilm : PMB 901-908

microfilm reels 35 mm

In its New England Microfilming Project of 1970 and 1976 , the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau obtained microfilm copies for its sponsoring libraries of more than 2,000 logbooks of American whaling and trading ships that visited the Pacific in the 19th century. Subsequently, a team of researchers was engaged to read the logbooks on film to estab lish where the ships went in the Pacific. The Pacific in this case was defined as Australian, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Information sheets were prepared for each ship giving the captains's name, etc., the location (s) copied, and details of the ship's itinerary. The sheets were used in the compilation of indexes published by Bureau

PMB 901-ships Abby P. Chase to Brunswick; PMB 902-Ships C... to Bunbarton; PMB 903-ships Eagle to Gypsy; PMB 904 -ships Hamilton to Kutusoff; PMB 905-ships Lady Adams to Mount Wollaston; PMB 906-ships Nantucket to Prudent; PMB 907-ships Raduga to Tybee; PMB 908-ships Uncas to Zone and unidentified vessels

Arranged alphabetically by ship name
PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 901-908
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of originals held by Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University
Langdon, Robert, ed., American whalers and traders in the Pacific, Canberra, 1978, and, Robert Langdon, ed., Where the whalers went, Canberra, 1984