[Callao (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Alden B. Howland, keeper unknown, on voyage 3 October 1855 - 11 June 1858]

by: Callao (Ship)

Publication date: 3 October 1855 - 11 June 1858

Topics: Globicephala, Blue whale, Bowhead whale, Finback whale, Humpback whale, Killer whale, Right whales, Sperm whale, Porpoises, Grampus (Mammals), Accidents, Collisions at sea, Desertion, Naval, Ice, Marine accidents, Seafaring life, Whalers (Persons)--Wounds and injuries, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, Whaling ships--Equipment and supplies, Whaling ships--Maintenance and repair, Whaling masters, Wounds and injuries, São Miguel Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Diego Ramírez Islands (Chile)--Description and travel, Falkland Islands--Description and travel, Mocha Island (Chile)--Description and travel, Hilo (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Oahu (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Saint Paul Island (Alaska)--Description and travel, -Bristol Bay (Alaska)--Description and travel, Tumbes (Peru)--Description and travel, Galapagos Islands--Description and travel, San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands)--Description and travel, Santa María Island (Galapagos Islands)--Description and travel, Shantarskie Islands (Russia)--Description and travel, Maui (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Bering Sea--Description and travel, Okhotsk, Sea of--Description and travel, Howland, Alden B, Henry Taber & Company (New Bedford, Mass.), Mosquito (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Eliza (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, Caroline (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Baltic (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Salamander (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Draper (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Petrel (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Good Return (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, William C. Nye (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, William Tell (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Montauk (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Alice Frazier (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Japan (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Enterprise (Whaling ship)--Sightings and encounters, Lark (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Arnolda (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Orozimbo (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, James D. Thompson (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Kutusoff (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Leonidas (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Arab (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Atlantic (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Statira (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Florida (Ship : 1827-1870)--Sightings and encounters, Condor (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Reindeer (Ship : 1853-1871)--Sightings and encounters, Jireh Perry (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Mary Frazier (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Navy (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Lydia (Ship : 1840-1864)--Sightings and encounters, Fortune (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Josephine (Whaling ship)--Sightings and encounters, Adeline (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Sarah (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Empire (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Kingfisher (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Thomas Dickason (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Warren (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Mount Vernon (Ship : 1820-1856)--Sightings and encounters, Charles Phelps (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Alice (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Black Eagle (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Republic (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Siren Queen (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Lexington (Ship : 1853-1856)--Sightings and encounters, Hudson (Ship : 1822-1863)--Sightings and encounters, Marengo (Ship)--Sightings and encounters

Collection: newbedfordwhalingmuseum; americana

Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum

Language: english-handwritten

Partial logbook of a whaling voyage to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in addition to the Bering Sea. Includes descriptions of accidents, a
collision at sea, injuries, and desertions. Also contains illustrations
of whale tails. The keeper makes several references to food and
provisions throughout the log. One man was injured as a result of a fall
on 2 May 1856. The vessel struck a reef on 3 April 1857 and sustained
damage as a result. Other places represented include Desolacion Island
(Chile), Espanola Island (Galapagos Islands), Iony Island (Russia),
Academy Bay (Russia), Potter's Bay (Russia), and Alaid Island (Russia).
Whaling grounds include the Offshore, Okhotsk Sea, and the Coast of
Kamchatka grounds