Log of the schooner DOLPHIN 1762 & 1764 & FALMOUTH, 1767

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Title
Log of the schooner DOLPHIN 1762 & 1764 & FALMOUTH, 1767
Collection
  • Massachusetts Historical Society: Pinkham Family Papers
Document Type
  • Diaries, Journals and Logbooks
Date
1767
Description
Log of the schooner FALMOUTH kept by Christopher Pinkham from 31 May-4 September 1767 while on a whaling voyage in the North Atlantic Ocean out of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Entries vary greatly in length and record whales sighted and caught, with little or no navigation or course information.
Theme
  • Whaling