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Good Return (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Christopher Cook. Kept by Benjamin F. Wing. 1847 Dec. 9-1851 Jan. 28 on a voyage to the Cape Verde, Off Shore, Northwest Coast, Coast of California, Galapagos, Japan, and Arctic Ocean whaling grounds

by: Good Return (Ship)

Publication date: 1847

Topics: Cook, Christopher, shipmaster, Henry Taber & Company (New Bedford, Mass.), William Hamilton (Ship), Indigenous peoples, Punishment, Seafaring life, Voyages and travels, Walrus, Whale oil, Whalebone, Whalers (Persons), Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whales, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, Whaling masters, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Futuna Islands (Wallis and Futuna Islands)--Description and travel, Galapagos Islands--Description and travel, Hilo (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Hiva Oa (French Polynesia)--Description and travel, Honolulu (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Japan, Sea of--Description and travel, Lahaina (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Maui (Hawaii)--Description and travel, North Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Okhotsk, Sea of--Description and travel, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Pun Island (Ecuador)--Description and travel, Tumbes (Peru)--Description and travel

Collection: newbedfordwhalingmuseum; regionaldigitizationmass; americana

Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum

Language: English

Log, kept by Benjamin F. Wing, relating to a whaling voyage to the North Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans, Sea of Japan, and Okhotsk Sea; Includes descriptions of types of whales and walrus seen or taken, death at sea, indigenous people, crew refusing to take anchor and short-handed at Lahaina, and punishment on ship; and accounts, crew list, inventories of whale oil and bone, and letter of complaint signed by most of crew presented to Captain Cook. Other places represented include Lahaina, Tumbes, Puna Island, Galapagos Islands, Hilo, Futuna Islands, and Maui; Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Christopher Cook, on voyage from 9 Dec. 1847-29 Jan. 1851, to the Cape Verde, Off Shore, Northwest Coast, Coast of California, Galapagos, Japan, and Arctic Ocean whaling grounds; owner-agent: Henry Taber & Co.; built at Rochester, Mass., 1827