Whaling Collections
Books contributed by New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Logbook of the Helen Mar (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass. mastered by Henry F. Worth, kept by Eli Bangs (cooper), on voyage from 1856 January 8-1861 March
Date: January 1, 1856
Logbook of the Helen Mar (Bark) of New Bedford, mastered by George F. Bauldry, kept by James S. Carter, on voyage from 1876 July 6-1880 November 20
Date: January 1, 1876
Logbook of the Helen Mar (Bark) of New Bedford, mastered by William H. Koon, keeper unknown, on voyage from 1871 September 26-1876 April 15
Date: January 1, 1871
Logbook of the Helen Snow (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by George H. Macomber, kept by Joseph S. Worth, on voyage from 1871 October 17-1872 August 19 (abandoned in Arctic)
Date: January 1, 1871
Logbook of the Herald (Ship) and Friendship (Ship) of Fairhaven, Mass., mastered by Isaiah West, keeper unknown, on two voyages from 1834 June 26-1837 April 15
Logbook of the Herald (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass., Lydia (Ship) of Fairhaven, Mass., and Roscius (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by John M. Honeywell, John Wood Leonard, and Frederick S. Howland, kept by Frederick H. Smith, on three voyages from 1
Logbook of the Herald (ship), Hecla (bark), Petrel (bark), Ohio (bark), of New Bedford, Mass., and Rose Pool (bark), of Edgartown, Mass., mastered by Seth Nickerson, John R. Sturgis, Frederick Howland Smith, and Alexander P. Fisher, kept by Frederick Howland Smith, on five voyages from1878 October 6-1878 October 6
Logbook of the Herald (ship), of Fairhaven, Mass., mastered by Isaiah West, keeper unknown, on two voyages from 1832 June 5-1834 May 9
Logbook of the Hercules (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Archelaus Baker, Jr., and Jireh Sherman, Jr., kept by Jireh Sherman, Jr. on two voyages from 1871 August 23-1879 September 17
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Subjects in this Collection
- --Islander (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
- A.R. Tucker (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
- Abigail (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Acasta (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Accidents
- Accounts
- Aids to navigation
- Alaska Natives
- Albion (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Alexander Mansfield (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Alfred (Brig)--Sightings and encounters
- Allen, Charles
- Ambergris
- American (Ship : Active 1827-1843)--Sightings and encounters
- Anadyr, Gulf of (Russia)--Description and travel
- Ann (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
- Ann (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Ann Maria (Ship : 1822-1842)--Sightings and encounters
- Antoine Da (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
- Arabella (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Arctic Ocean--Description and travel
- Ascension--Description and travel
- Asia (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Astronomy
- Atia (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Atlantic (Ship : 1817-1839)--Sightings and encounters
- Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel
- Atlas (Ship : 1793-1836)--Sightings and encounters
- Auguste (Brig)--Sightings and encounters
- Baker, Archelaus,--Jr
- Bangs, Eli, 1836-1923.
- Barrow, Point (Alaska)--Description and travel
- Bauldry, George F
- Bean, Alex
- Bering Sea--Description and travel
- Bev (Brig)--Sightings and encounters
- Bird Island (Seychelles)--Description and travel
- Blackfish
- Blue whale
- Bone
- Bonin Islands (Japan)--Description and travel
- Bowhead whale
- Boxer (Schooner : 1831-1840)--Sightings and encounters
- Boy (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Brava (Cape Verde)--Description and travel
- Brunette (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
- Cadmus (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Cadmus (Ship : 1818-1843)--Sightings and encounters
- Cape Smyth (Alaska)--Description and travel
- Cape Verde--Description and travel
- Cardinal points
- Caroline Islands--Description and travel
- Carpentry
- Carter, James S.
- Ceres (Ship : 1804-1849)--Sightings and encounters
- Ceres (Ship : 1811-1839)--Sightings and encounters
- Charles W. Morgan (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
- Chase, Amos A
- Chili (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- China (Ship : 1817-1865)--Sightings and encounters
- Chukchi Sea--Description and travel
- Clara Bell (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
- Coliseum (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Collisions at sea
- Columbus (Ship : 1809-1858)--Sightings and encounters
- Connecticut (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Coopers and cooperage
- Corvo Island (Azores)--Description and travel
- Courier (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Crew lists
- Cruelty
- Delta (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Denmark Hill (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
- Denniston, James
- Desertion, Naval
- Dover (Brig)--Sightings and encounters
- Drawings
- Earthquakes
- Edgartown
- Edward Cary (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Eldon (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Elizabeth (Bark : Launched 1847)--Sightings and encounters
- Emerald (Brig)--Sightings and encounters
- Endeavour (Ship : 1803-1841)--Sightings and encounters
- Enderbury Atoll (Kiribati)--Description and travel
- Equipment and supplies
- Española Island (Galapagos Islands)
- Faial (Azores)--Description and travel
- Faial Island (Azores)--Description and travel
- Fairhaven
- Falkland Islands--Description and travel
- Fanning Island (Kiribati)--Description and travel
- Fenelon (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Finback whale
- Fisher, Alexander P.
- Flora (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Floreana Island (Galapagos Islands)
- Flores (Azores)--Description and travel
- Flores Island (Azores)--Description and travel
- Fourth of July
- Fox Islands (Alaska)--Description and travel
- Frances (Ship : 1824-1845).--Sightings and encounters
- Galapagos Islands--Description and travel
- Galen (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Gazelle (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
- Gem (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Gentoo (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- George (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- George (Ship : 1815-1852)--Sightings and encounters
- George Porter (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Gibbs and Jenney
- Globicephala
- Gold Hunter (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Good Hope, Cape of (South Africa : Cape)--Description and travel
- Good Return (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Graciosa Island (Azores)--Description and travel
- Grampus (Mammals)
- Gray whale
- Guam--Description and travel
- Hannibal (Ship : 1819-1849)--Sightings and encounters
- Harver (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Herald (Bark : Active 1869-1873)--Sightings and encounters
- Heroine (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Hesper (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Hibernia (Ship : 1811-1860)--Sightings and encounters
- Hilo (Hawaii)--Description and travel
- Hilo(Hawaii)--Description and travel
- Honolulu (Hawaii)--Description and travel
- Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel
- Howland, Frederick S.
- Howland, William P. (William Penn), 1812-1872.
- Humpback whale
- Ice
- Illustrations
- Indian Ocean--Description and travel
- Indigenous peoples
- Insubordination
- Inventories
- Islands, Bay of (N.Z.)--Description and travel
- Izette (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- James Stewart (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Jasper (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- John Adams (Whaling ship)--Sightings and encounters
- John Dawson (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
- Joseph Maxwell (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Journals (accounts)
- Juan Fernandez Islands--Description and travel
- Juan Fernndez Islands--Description and travel
- Juan Fernâandez Islands--Description and travel
- Julian (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Kamehameha (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Kealakekua Bay (Hawaii)--Description and travel
- Killer whale
- Kiribati--Description and travel
- Kollock, Lemuel
- Koon, William H., whaling master
- Kosrae (Micronesia)--Description and travel
- Laetitia (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
- Lancaster (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Lancer (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Leonard, John W
- Lisburne, Cape (Alaska)--Description and travel
- Logbooks
- London Packet (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Louisiana (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Loum Snow
- Loum Snow & Son (New Bedford, Mass.)
- Lucas (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Macomber, George H.
- Maine (ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Manawatawhi/Three Kings Islands (N.Z.)--Description and travel
- Margaret Rait (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
- Marie Gabrielle (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
- Marine accidents
- Marshall Islands--Description and travel
- Mary and Martha (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
- Mary Ann (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Mary Ann (Ship : 1838-1864)--Sightings and encounters
- Mary Anne (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
- Massachusetts
- Masts and rigging
- Maui (Hawaii)--Description and travel
- Medicine, Naval
- Mental Illness
- Merlin (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
- Miles (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Minerva (Ship : 1816-1860)--Sightings and encounters
- Mocha Island (Chile)--Description and travel
- Moss (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Mount Vernon (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters
- Mutiny
- Nahant (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Nauru--Description and travel
- Nellie Antrim (Brig)--Sightings and encounters
- Neptune (Ship : Launched 1816)--Sightings and encounters
- New Bedford
- New Zealand--Description and travel
- Nickerson, Seth
- Nile (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Nimrod (Ship : Launched 1818)--Sightings and encounters
- Norfolk (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- North America (Ship : 1804-1843)--Sightings and encounters
- Northern Mariana Islands--Description and travel
- North Pacific Ocean--Description and travel
- Oahu (Hawaii)--Description and travel
- Okhotsk, Sea of--Description and travel
- Orray Taft (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
- Osceola (Bark : 1852-1872)--Sightings and encounters
- Pacific (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Pacific Ocean--Description and travel
- Paita (Peru)
- Para (Brig)--Sightings and encounters
- Petrel (Schooner : 1840-1879)--Sightings and encounters
- Pirates
- Ploughboy (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Pohnpei (Micronesia)--Description and travel
- Pohnpei Island (Micronesia)--Description and travel
- Point Hope (Alaska)--Description and travel
- Police
- Ponta Delgada (Azores)--Description and travel
- Porpoises
- Portland (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Portland (Ship : Active 1832-1848)--Sightings and encounters
- President (Bark : 1849-1904)--Sightings and encounters
- Prince Charlie (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Privateering
- Psychiatric nursing
- Punishment
- Rescues
- Right Whales
- Rotch, William James,--1819-1893
- Sacramento (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
- Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands)--Description and travel
- Sally Anne (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands)
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Description and travel
- Santa Catarina (Brazil : State)--Description and travel
- Santa Maria Island (Azores)--Description and travel
- Santa María Island (Galapagos Islands)
- Santo Antao Island (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel
- Sao Jorge Island (Azores)--Description and travel
- Sao Miguel Island (Azores)--Description and travel
- Sao Nicolau (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel
- Sao Tiago Island (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel
- Sao Tiago Island (Cape Verde)--Description and travel
- Sarah (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Scrimshaws
- Seafaring life
- Sea Fox (Bark : Launched 1851)--Sightings and encounters
- Seals (Animals)
- Sea Queen (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
- Shenandoah (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Ships
- Ships--Fires and fire prevention
- Ships Abandoning of
- Shipwrecks
- Signals and signaling
- Smyth, Cape (Alaska)--Description and travel
- South Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel
- South Boston (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- South Pacific Ocean--Description and travel
- Sperm whale
- Stella (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
- Stowaways
- Sturgis, John R
- Swift & Allen
- Swift & Perry
- SwordfishVoyages and travels
- São Nicolau Island (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel
- Talcahuano (Chile)--Description and travel
- Terceira Island (Azores)--Description and travel
- Thames (Ship : 1818-1838)--Sightings and encounters
- Thomas Winslow (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
- Thomas Winslow (Brig)--Sightings and encounters
- Thorn (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Time (Brig)--Sightings and encounters
- Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands)--Description and travel
- Tres Mar�as Islands (Mexico)--Description and travel
- Trident (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Tristan da Cunha--Description and travel
- Turkish Empire (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Tuscarora (Whaling ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Valiant (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Voyages and travels
- Wabash (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Wainwright Inlet (Alaska)--Description and travel
- Walrus
- Walrus hunting
- Washington Island (Kiribati)--Description and travel
- West, Isaiah
- Whale oil
- Whalers (Persons)
- Whalers (Persons)--Death
- Whalers (Persons)--Health and hygiene
- Whales
- Whaling
- Whaling--Massachusetts--Fairhaven
- Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford
- Whaling masters
- Whaling ships--Abandoning of
- Whaling ships--Equipment and supplies
- Whitwell, Furman Reade,--1793-1861
- William (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- William Wirt (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Women and the sea
- Worth, Henry F.
- Young Phenix (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
- Young Phoenix (Ship)--Sightings and encounters