THREE-MONTH JOURNAL, HANDWRITTEN FROMTHE NEWBedford Whaleship America with Captain Charles Seabury in command. She sailed from New Bedford on April 1, 1849 and arrived in San Francisco on September 22 carrying...
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CONFEDERATE CSS SHENANDOAH DIARY ANDARCHIVEImportant 1865 Confederate CSS Shenandoah ship diary archive of Lieutenant Dabney Scales including 1865 diary journal (85 pages, 104 pages total), an ambrotype and...
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JOURNAL OF THE BARK MERMAID OF WESTPORT,E.E. HICKS MAS... E.E. HICKS MASTER, BOUND ON A WHALING VOYAGE TO INDIAN OCEAN, KEPT BY GEO. E. ALLEN, FIRST OFFICER VOYAGE OF AUGUST 28TH 1873 - APRIL 16TH 1876. The whaling...
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ALBUM CONTAINING RARE WHALING EPHEMERATO INCLUDEA MOBY DICK COMIC SIGNED BY GREGORY PECK AND JOHN HUSTON, GOOD CONDITION WITH VERY MINOR DAMAGE. A JOURNAL OF A WHALING VOYAGE ON BOARD SHIP DAUPHIN OUT OF NANTUCKET,...
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14 BOOKS ALL RELATED TO WHALING EXCEPTONEON ASTRONOMY. SMITH'S ILLUSTRATED ASTRONOMY BY ASA SMITH, NY, 1855, QUARTRO, 79 PAGES, FAIR CONDITION. SHOWS STAINING, TEARS, CHIPPING AND FADING. A NEW BEDFORD MERCHANT...
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ILLUSTRATED SHIP'S JOURNAL CIRCA 1810RETAINS WHAT APPEARS TO BE ITS ORIGINAL HAND-STITCHED CANVAS COVER, APPROX. 13.75" X 8.75". PAGES APPROX. 12.5" X 8".ILLUSTRATED SHIP'S JOURNAL, Circa 1810, "Journal of...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH SIGNED BY CERESARTISAN EDMUND M. CHANDLER MID-1830S LENGTH 6.5". ARTISAN EDMUND M. CHANDLER, Mid-1830s, A rare example by the "Ceres C" artisan; few have come to market. Obverse depicts...
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IMPORTANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH ATTRIBUTEDTO JAMES ADOLPHUS BUTE, CREW MEMBER ON CHARLES DARWIN'S EXPEDITION CIRCA EARLY 1830S LENGTH 6.25". INCLUDES A GLASS AND WOOD CASE WITH MIRRORED BASE. CASE HEIGHT 5.5". WIDTH...
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WHALING JOURNAL FROM THE WHALESHIP "SAPPHO"16" X 10.25"., Begins July 21, 1848 and ends January 18, 1852. The ship departed New Bedford and traveled around Cape Horn to Chile, the Galapagos, the coast of Colombia...
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WHALING JOURNAL OF THE WHALESHIP "HIBERNIA"15.25" X 10.5"., Begins on November 1, 1857 and ends February 6, 1860. Vessel departed from New Bedford under William Booker, master. The Hibernia was eventually condemned....
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RARE WHALING JOURNAL FROM THE WHALESHIP"KATHLEEN" AND MATCHING WHALE'S TOOTH TOOTH LENGTH 6.5". "KATHLEEN" AND MATCHING WHALE'S TOOTH, Begins August 5, 1890 and ends March 2, 1892. Vessel departed from New Bedford...
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PARTIAL WHALING JOURNAL OF TWO VESSELSPARTIALWHALING JOURNAL OF TWO VESSELS, Two journals bound together: includes entries on the whaling bark Hero on a voyage from Westport, Massachusetts from June 16, 1806 to December...
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WHALING JOURNAL FROM THE WHALESHIP "ARNOLDA"13" X 8.25"., Begins November 12, 1855 and ends April 26, 1859. Covers a journey from New Bedford to the Pacific. Contains approx. 82 whale stamps within the journal and...
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WHALING JOURNAL OF THE SHIP "PORTLAND"OF NEWBURGH, NEW YORK 8" X 6.5". OF NEWBURGH, NEW YORK, Begins June 23, 1832 and ends April 27, 1833. A complete account of the voyage. Contains approx. 17 stamps of whale's...
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TWENTY-ONE PUBLICATIONS ON WHALING,SCRIMSHAW AND PRISONER-OF-WAR ARTIFACTS SCRIMSHAW AND PRISONER-OF-WAR ARTIFACTS, Sizes, bindings and conditions vary. Most illustrated. Includes: 1) A Treasury of American...
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WHALING JOURNAL FROM THE BARK "PRESIDENT"OF NEW BEDFORD 13.75" X 8.5". OF NEW BEDFORD, For a voyage that commenced May 27, 1867 and ended September 4, 1868, captained by James Soule. Contains 162 written pages...
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WHALING JOURNAL AND DOCUMENTS OF NEWBEDFORD INTEREST BEDFORD INTEREST, Whaling journal from the ship Chris Mitchell of New Bedford for a voyage that commenced August 16, 1856 and ended May 17, 1860, captained...
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WHALING JOURNAL FROM THE BARK "CAMILLA"OF NEW BEDFORD 16.75" X 7.25". OF NEW BEDFORD, For a voyage that commenced July 16, 1867 and ended July 5, 1871, captained by Benjamin F. Jones. Consists of 106 pages (approximately...
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"A JOURNAL OF A WHALING VOYAGE ON BOARDSHIP 'DAUPHIN' OF NANTUCKET COMPOSED BY CHARLES MURPHEY" CIRCA 1820S 12" X 8". SHIP 'DAUPHIN' OF NANTUCKET COMPOSED BY CHARLES MURPHEY", Circa 1820s, Murphey (or Murphy)...
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DOUBLE WHALING JOURNAL FROM THE WHALESHIP"HUDSON" OF SAG HARBOR, NEW YORK 22" X 14.5". "HUDSON" OF SAG HARBOR, NEW YORK, First voyage commenced May 27, 1835 and ended July 2, 1836. Last entry notated "Ship Voyage...
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JOURNAL OF A WHALING VOYAGE TO THE PACIFICOCEANON BOARD THE "ELIZA L. B. JENNEY" OF FAIRHAVEN, JOHN CHURCH, MASTER, 1842. THE LOG COVERS FROM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1842 THROUGH MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1846 AND WAS PROBABLY...
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WHALING JOURNAL TO THE PACIFIC ON BOARDTHEWHALESHIP "GOOD RETURN II" OF NEW BEDFORD, DATED MAY 30TH, 1839. 243 HANDWRITTEN PAGES WITH NUMEROUS WHALE STAMPS. THE JOURNAL WAS KEPT BY CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH TABER WHOSE...
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EARLY 19TH C OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS,PORTRAIT OFCAPTAIN JOHN TABER'S DAUGHTER. JOHN TABER WAS THE WHALING MASTER OF THE SHIP "GOOD RETURN". PAINTING HAS BEEN LINED ON MASONITE BOARD AND WOODEN CRADLE. IN ORIGINAL...
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EARLY 19TH C OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS,PORTRAIT OFCAPTAIN JOHN TABER, WHALING MASTER OF THE SHIP "GOOD RETURN" OUT OF FAIRHAVEN. DEPICTING THE YOUNG CAPTAIN WITH RULER IN HAND, WHALESHIP IN BACKGROUND. PAINTING...
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25 HARD BOUND BOOKS BY HERMAN MELVILLEOR RELATEDTO WHALING TO INCLUDE: (1) "BENNITO CARENO" BY MELVILLE WITH PICTURES BY E. MCKNIGHT KAUFFER, THE NONESUCH PRESS, 16 GREAT JAMES ST, LONDON, 1926, 123 HAND CUT PAGES,...
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BOUND PARTIAL WHALING JOURNAL KEPT ONBOARD THESHIP "THREE BROTHERS" OF NANTUCKET, MASTER HENRY PHELON, JOSEPH MITCHELL CHIEF MATE, JOHN CROWELL SECOND MATE, THOMAS RUSSELL THIRD MATE. BOATSTEERERS CHARLES STARBUCK,...
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LARGE LOT OF MOSTLY LATE 19TH CENTURYEPHEMERARELATED TO SHIPPING AND WHALING. APPROXIMATELY 250 PIECES TO INCLUDE NUMEROUS ITEMS FROM CAPTAIN JOHN WESLEY THOMPSON OF MAINE. HE WAS BORN IN THE 1830S AND COMMANDED...
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NANTUCKET WHALING JOURNAL OR LOGBOOK,1869.Journal is 8 volumes with 30 leaves leather bound diary type binding with brass clasp. Part of clasp is missing as well as some pages missing from the beginning of the...
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WHALING STAMPS SCRIMSHAW WHALE TEETHTwoantique whale tooth stamps, 19th century or older, with carved relief bases. These stamps were used to mark events in whaling ships' logs or journals. Stamps measure about...
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WHALING STAMPS SCRIMSHAW WHALE TEETHTwoantique whale teeth, 19th century or older, with carved relief bases. These stamps were used to mark events in whaling ships' logs or journals. Stamps measure 3-3/8" and 1-3/8"...
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Manuscript: (Whaling Log) Folio manuscriptlogbook titled ''Sperm Whales Seen and Taken in Bark Fanny.'' lists whales take from August 18 1860 - February 15 1867 with stamp figures of whales (2 pages); ''Bowheads...
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