[Arnolda (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by George F. Bauldry, on voyage 2 Jan. 1872 - 1 May 1876]

Description:

Log, kept by unknown first mate, relating to whaling voyage to the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans and Okhotsk Sea. Includes descriptions of types of whales (blackfish, bowhead, finback, gray, humpback, killer, right, and sperm) and walrus seen or taken, accidents and deaths at sea, Arctic disaster, indigenous people, punishment on ship, rescues, shipboard medicine, and bounty paid for whales caught; and whale stamps, accounts of provisions used, and inventory of whale oil. Other places represented include Mocha Island, Saint Lawrence Island, Honolulu, Guam, Point Barrow, Yokohama, Enderbury Island, Juan Fernandez Islands, Pleasant Island (Nauru), Ascension Island (Pohnpei Island), Bay of Islands, and Pernambuco; Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by George F. Bauldry, on voyage 2 Jan. 1872-1 May 1876 to the Arctic, South Pacific, South Atlantic, North Pacific, Japan Sea, Okhotsk Sea, Northeast gulf, and On the Line whaling grounds ; owner-agent: James B. Wood & Co.; built at Rochester, Mass., 1844

subjects: Bauldry, George F.,  J.B. Wood & Co. (New Bedford, Mass.),  Bowhead whale,  Finback whale,  Globicephala,  Gray whale,  Humpback whale,  Indigenous peoples,  Killer whale,  Marine accidents,  Medicine, Naval,  Punishment,  Rescues,  Right whales,  Seafaring life,  Sperm whale,  Voyages and travels,  Walrus,  Whale oil,  Whalers (Persons),  Whalers (Persons)--Death,  Whales,  Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford,  Whaling masters,  Arctic Ocean--Description and travel,  Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel,  Barrow, Point (Alaska)--Description and travel,  Enderbury Atoll (Kiribati)--Description and travel,  Guam--Description and travel,  Honolulu (Hawaii)--Description and travel,  Islands, Bay of (N.Z.)--Description and travel,  Juan Fernandez Islands--Description and travel,  Nauru--Description and travel,  Okhotsk, Sea of--Description and travel,  Pacific Ocean--Description and travel,  Pernambuco (Brazil)--Description and travel,  Pohnpei Island (Micronesia)--Description and travel,  Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)--Description and travel,  Yokohama-shi (Japan)--Description and travel