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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Logbook of the Ship Catawba |
| Reference | MSS 220/LOG 34 |
| Library | Nantucket Historical Association |
| Collection | Ships' Logs Collection |
| Date | 25 Dec 1852 - 29 May 1857 |
| Author / Creator | Swain, Obed II |
| Description | Logbook kept by the captain of the ship Catawba, a whaling vessel from Nantucket. It is narrative in style and includes reflections on the captain's sadness when his wife has to leave the voyage due to seasickness. Elsewhere it tends to focus on the practicalities of weather, whales caught and supplies. |
| Document Type | Logbook, Journal, Manuscript |
| Theme(s) | Trade and Commerce |
| Keywords | whaling, storm, damage, death, desertion, crew, fight, fire, seasickness, disease, discipline, poem, poetry, family, wife, homesickness, loneliness, supplies, health, medicine, navigation, drowning, sealife, fishing, weather |
| Countries | USA; Peru; Chile; Ecuador; Mexico |
| Places | Azores; Juan Fernández Islands; Galapagos |
| Ports | Nantucket, USA; Paita, Peru; Tumbes, Peru; Sacames, Ecuador; Talcahuano, Chile; Port Galeria, Ecuador |
| Company | John Shaw and Company |
| Ships | Catawba, Memnon |
| 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 |
