Log/journal, kept by Captain Waterman, relating to a whaling voyage to the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans and Okhotsk Sea; Includes descriptions of types of whales and walrus seen or caught, death at sea from smallpox, and indigenous people; whale stamps, accounts, inventories of whale oil and bone, and list of ships seen. Other places represented include Cocos Island, Hilo, Oahu, and Port Stanley; Whaling vessel (432 tons), out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by William B. Waterman, on first voyage 18 Sept. 1855-3 Apr. 1858 to North Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Bering Straits, Equator, and Off Shore whaling grounds; owner-agent: James D. Thompson; built at New Bedford, Mass., 1855

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