[Callao (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Benjamin T. Sisson, keeper Abner Lake, on voyage 19 August 1845 - 1 July 1849]

by: Callao (Ship)

Publication date: 19 August 1845 - 1 July 1849

Topics: Finback whale, Humpback whale, Killer whale, Right whales, Sperm whale, Globicephala, Accidents, Desertion, Naval, Diseases, Drowning, Drowning victims, Marine accidents, Seafaring life, Sexually transmitted diseases, Smallpox, Whale oil, Whalebone, Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whalers (Persons)--Health and hygiene, Whalers (Persons)--Wounds and injuries, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, Whaling masters, Whaling ships--Equipment and supplies, Wounds and injuries, Flores Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Faial Island (Azores)--Description and travel, São Miguel Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Praia (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, São Tomé (Sao Tome and Principe)--Description and travel, Peru--Description and travel, Galapagos Islands--Description and travel, San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands)--Description and travel, Darwin Island (Galapagos Islands)--Description and travel, Pinta Island (Galapagos Islands)--Description and travel, Isabela Island (Galapagos Islands)--Description and travel, Gorgona (Panama)--Description and travel, Chile--Description and travel, Valparaíso (Chile)--Description and travel, South Georgia (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands)--Description and travel, Falkland Islands--Description and travel, Fernando de Noronha (Brazil)--Description and travel, Juan Fernández Islands--Description and travel, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Sisson, Benjamin T., Perkins, William, White, Samuel, Ryder, James, 1846--Death and burial, Walter, Charles, 1848--Death and burial, Henry Taber & Company (New Bedford, Mass.), Alfred (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Navy (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Lydia (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Potomac (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Commodore Morris (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Nye (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Harvey Birch (Clipper-ship)--Sightings and encounters, Young Hero (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Aurora (Ship : 1819-1861)--Sightings and encounters, Mechanic's Own (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Rousseau (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Edward (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, John Howland (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Charles (Ship : 1817-1855)--Sightings and encounters, Russell (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, America (Ship : 1822-1862)--Sightings and encounters, Navigator (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Citizen (Ship : 1843-1849)--Sightings and encounters, Almira (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Lion (Ship : 1841-1849)--Sightings and encounters, Fabius (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Nimrod (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Isabella (Ship : 1826-1865)--Sightings and encounters, Franklin (Ship : 1819-1850)--Sightings and encounter, Hercules (Ship : 1816-1857)--Sightings and encounters, Equator (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Emerald (Whaling ship)--Sightings and encounters, Herald (Ship : 1834-1848)--Sightings and encounters, China (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Peru (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Spartan (Ship : 1821-1869)--Sightings and encounters, Sappho (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Mary Frazier (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Phillipe de la Noye (Ship)--Sightings and encounters

Collection: newbedfordwhalingmuseum; americana

Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum

Language: English

Logbook of a whaling voyage to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Includes descriptions of whales seen or taken, accidents, deaths at sea, illnesses, injuries, and desertions. Also contains inventories of provisions and crew accounts in addition to documentation of procedures for processing and stowing whale oil and bone. The keeper lists provisions taken onboard during the voyage between the dates of 31 December 1848 and 1 January 1849. James Ryder drowned on August 5, 1846. One man lost three fingers as a result of an accident with the rigging equipment on 17 December 1846. On 12 February 1847 and 21 August 1847, William Perkins and Samuel White deserted. The keeper reported an outbreak of venereal disease among the crew from February 1848 to March 1848. There was an outbreak of smallpox onboard the vessel in October 1848, and Charles Walter died from smallpox on October 13, 1848. Other places represented include Hood Island (Galapagos), Isla de la Plata [Plata Island], and Block Island (Rhode Island). Whaling grounds include the Bay of Panama, On Shore, Galapagos, Juan Fernandez, Callao, Falkland Islands, and Coast of Chile grounds.