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Logbook of the ship Portland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cook, Nathan H., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ludlow, Charles.
- Alcohol.
- Birthdays.
- Death.
- Desertion, Military.
- Diseases.
- Families.
- Rum.
- Seafaring life.
- Weather.
- Whale oil.
- Whaling.
- Azores.
- Indian Ocean.
- Madagascar.
- Mauritius.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Saint Helena.
- Genre:
- Logbooks
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1837-1839.
- Summary:
- Logbook kept by the captain of the ship Portland, a whaling vessel from New York. It records a voyage to the Indian Ocean and includes details of the whaling process, onboard duties and the dangers of life at sea.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: MSS 220/LOG 218
- Collection: Ships' Logs Collection
- Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Nantucket Historical Association catalogue.
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).
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