Journal of the Smyrna (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by George Bliss and kept by George Bliss, on a whaling voyage between 1853 and 1857.

Contains whale stamps, signal flags. At front: dimensions of vessel; crew list. At end: lists of whales taken; vessels spoken; oil stowed; provisions used; poetry; puzzles; and miscellaneous information entered at sea and on shore.

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Original record: Journal of the Smyrna (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by George Bliss and kept by George Bliss, on a whaling voyage between 1853 and 1857.
Collection: Nicholson Whaling Collection Logbooks
Date(s): 1853
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Creator(s): Bliss, George (Creator)
Smyrna (Bark) (Creator)
Subject(s): Bliss, George Jr.
Description and travel
Indian Ocean
Journal
Logbooks
New Bedford (Mass.)
New Bedford, MA
Poetry
Seafaring life
Stamps (marks)
Voyages and travels
Whalers (Persons)
Whales
Type: Text

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