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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