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The data presented combines many sources including logbooks, journals, ship registers, newspapers, business papers, and custom house records. Users will be able to find and trace whaling voyages and ships to specific logbooks, as well as the list of crew members aboard most of the voyages.
21 sie 2024 · The data presented combines many sources including logbooks, journals, ship registers, newspapers, business papers, and custom house records. Users will be able to find and trace whaling voyages and ships to specific logbooks, as well as the list of crew members aboard most of the voyages.
Logs, generally kept by captains or first mates of vessels, include daily observations of position (latitude and longitude), weather, vessels sighted, and ports visited. For whaling voyages, the logs also record whales seen and/or taken.
Logs, generally kept by captains or first mates of vessels, include daily observations of position (latitude and longitude), weather, vessels sighted, and ports visited. For whaling voyages, the logs also record whales seen and/or taken.
The Whaling Crew List Database is a comprehensive index of men and ships on whaling voyages from the New Bedford Customs District from 1809 through 1927.
18 paź 2024 · Lists all the ships involved in whaling from 1800-1888 along the South Coast of Western Australia, from Cape Leeuwin to Eucla, and from the coast to 42 degrees south latitude. Arranged by year, then by name of ship in alphabetical order.
American crew lists in WhalingHistory.org have usually come from one of these sources: Government records kept at U. S. Customs Houses. These can be ‘outbound’ (filed before leaving port) or ‘inbound’ (filed when returning at the end of the voyage.) These official crew lists were required of vessels leaving U. S. ports beginning in 1803.
