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Title Memories of a Voyage of the Ship Sea Ranger
Reference MSS 256/Folder 2
Library Nantucket Historical Association
Collection Benjamin Cartwright Papers, 1801-1968
Date 19 Oct 1869 - May 1874
Description Three copies of a journal written by Benjamin Cartwright recounting his voyage on the ship Sea Ranger. The account includes detailed and vivid stories of specific whale chases, and information on life onboard, in port and at the places where the ship stopped.
Document Type Journal
Theme(s) Trade and Commerce
Keywords whaling, crew, sailor's life, seaman duties, stowaway, death, funeral, food, supplies, whale oil, sperm oil, boat, damage, weather, repairs, recruitment, race, volcano, indigenous peoples
Countries USA; Australia; New Zealand
Places Azores; St Paul Island; Norfolk Island; South Pacific
Ports New Bedford, USA; Auckland, New Zealand
Ships Sea Ranger
People Benjamin Cartwright
Copyright Nantucket Historical Association