Image: Incidents of a whaling voyage - to which are added observations on the scenery manners and customs, and missionary stations of the Sandwich and Society Islands - accompanied by numerous lithographic (14754699376)

Description: Identifier: incidentsofwhali00olms (find matches) Title: Incidents of a whaling voyage : to which are added observations on the scenery manners and customs, and missionary stations of the Sandwich and Society Islands : accompanied by numerous lithographic plates Year: 1841 (1840s) Authors: Olmsted, Francis Allyn, 1819-1844 Subjects: Whaling Publisher: New-York : Published by D. Appleton and Co. Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: 'North America was built by Stephen Girard Esq. and was originally intended for a letter of marque during the last great war with Great Britain. The war terminating before she was completed. She was applied to the merchant service and sent to the East Indies. About eight years (circa 1831) since she was purchased by her present owners and converted into a whaler. She is an exceedingly strong vessel with timbers of great size ... Text Appearing After Image: IMAGE: North America bargue built by Stephen Girard (circa 1816). 386 tons. Whaler. SHIP NORTH AMERICA. 43 North America (ship, 1816) Page VI: journal of a voyage in our ship North america in 1839 and '40. Page 12 North America is a temperance ship. Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Incidents of a whaling voyage - to which are added observations on the scenery manners and customs, and missionary stations of the Sandwich and Society Islands - accompanied by numerous lithographic (14754699376)
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