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Memories of a voyage of the ship Sea Ranger.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boats and boating.
- Death.
- Food.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Race.
- Recruiting and enlistment.
- Seafaring life.
- Stowaways.
- Volcanoes.
- Weather.
- Whale oil.
- Whaling.
- Alaska--Saint Paul Island.
- Australia--Norfolk Island.
- Azores.
- Massachusetts--New Bedford.
- New Zealand--Auckland.
- South Pacific Ocean.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1869-1874.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: MSS 256/Folder 2
- Collection: Benjamin Cartwright Papers, 1801-1968
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).
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