Whalemen's Shipping Paper (1840) – Collections & Research

Printed document, varying in size and format, usually found on a single sheet of heavy grade paper of fairly large proportions. "Whalemen's Shipping Paper" was often printed across the top, with some examples displaying eagles, shields, ribbons, etc., engraved along the upper margin. Conditions of the agreement for the voyage were printed on the front … Continue reading "Whalemen’s Shipping Paper (1840)"

Coasting Permit (1809) – Collections & Research

Incidents of a whaling voyage -- Francis Allyn Olmsted

whaling, WHALEMENS SHIPPING LIST AND MERCHANTS TRANSCRIPT - AbeBooks

Convoy Instructions (ca. 1800) – Collections & Research

LF Tantillo's painting of the whale ship Essex featured in the book Heart of the Sea - ™

Whaler sailing ship hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

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Wreck 15563: An Early Nineteenth-Century Merchant Vessel in the Gulf of Mexico

The Art of Whaling: Illustrations from the Logbooks of Nantucket Whaleships – The Public Domain Review

The Islands of New Zealand from the Admiralty Surveys of the English and French Marine From The Observations of Its Officers of the New Zealand Compnay and From Private Surveys & Sketches

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PDF) A bibliography of Australian whaling in the nineteenth century

How Nantucket Came to Be the Whaling Capital of the World, History

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