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440956
  • Title
    Whaling logbooks, 1841-1867
  • Call number
    PMB 691
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    440956
  • Issue Copy
    Microfilm : PMB 691
  • Physical Description
    microfilm reel 35 mm
  • Scope and Content
    Records of the following whaling ships: Tamerlane, 1873-1877; (continued from PMB 690); Mercury, 1863-1867; Junius, 1845-1850; Charles, 1841-1844; South America, 1854 -1855; James Edwards, 1854-1855; James, 1859-1962; Martha 1856-1860; Logan, 1844-1847. Of special interest, earthquake reported on the Junius, 1847 Jan. 26, and entries from the Martha regarding responsibilities of the captain; Donati's comet, 1858 Oct. 18; description of natives encountered 1859 July
  • General note

    PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 691
    Filmed for the New England Microfilming Project
    Available for reference
    Microfilm copy of original held by Old Dartmouth Whaling Museum, 18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, MA 02740. School and Cooke Streets, Edgartown MA 02539
    No part of the contents of this microfilm may be reproduced in any way without the written permission of the holding institution
    See Robert Langdon ed., American whalers and traders in the Pacific, Canberra, 1978 and Robert Langdon ed., Where the whalers went, Canberra, 1984
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