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Field name | Value |
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Title | Benjamin Riddell Journal |
Reference | MSS 220/LOG 345 |
Library | Nantucket Historical Association |
Collection | Ships' Logs Collection |
Date | 9 Aug 1853 - 8 Nov 1857 |
Author / Creator | Riddell, Benjamin F |
Description | Journal kept by the captain of the Harvest during a whaling voyage in the Pacific Ocean. Many island groups were visited, while a lot of time was spent in the Northern Pacific, especially the Sea of Okhotsk. |
Document Type | Journal, Logbook, Manuscript |
Theme(s) | Trade and Commerce |
Keywords | whaling, crew, duty, seaman duties, damage, collision, storm, ice, medicine, anchor, astronomy, missionary, death, disease, indigenous peoples, drowning, supplies, food, weather, floods, discipline, mail, canoe, navigation, health, fight, shipwreck, salvage, seal hunting, trade, tobacco |
Countries | USA; Cape Verde; New Zealand; Australia; Japan; Russia; Tonga |
Places | Azores; Hawaii; Sakhalin; Marquesas Islands; Botany Bay; Sea of Okhotsk |
Ports | Nantucket, USA |
Company | Rand and Paddock |
Ships | Harvest, Copia, Elizabeth Swift |
Additional Information | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Nantucket Historical Association catalogue. |
Copyright | Nantucket Historical Association |