[James Maury (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Lyman Wing, keeper Lyman Wing, on voyage 6 September 1859 - 15 September 1862]

by: James Maury (Ship)

Publication date: 6 September 1859 - 15 September 1862

Topics: Globicephala, Finback whale, Humpback whale, Killer whale, Right whales, Sperm whale, Accidents, Barter, Diseases, Indigenous peoples--Sightings and encounters, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Good Hope, Cape of (South Africa : Cape)--Description and travel, Indian Ocean--Description and travel, Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Tasman Sea--Description and travel, Marine accidents Medicine, Naval, Punishment, Seafaring life, Snow--Sightings and encounters, Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whalers (Persons)--Health and hygiene, Whalers (Persons)--Wounds and injuries, Whalers' spouses, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, Whaling masters--Death, Whaling ships--Equipment and supplies, Whaling ships--Maintenance and repair, Wind damage, Wounds and injuries, Women and the sea, Wing, Eliza, 1826-1859--Death and burial, Fraser, James,Captain--Death and burial, Charles R. Tucker & Company (New Bedford, Mass.), Messenger (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Congress (Ship : 1831-1865)--Sightings and encounters, Cavalier (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Minerva Smyth (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Marengo (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Eliza (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Lewis (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Benjamin Tucker (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Hunter (Ship : 1851-1867)--Sightings and encounters, Governor Troup (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Eagle (Bark : 1816-1869)--Sightings and encounters, Parachute (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Elisha Dunbar (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Newark (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Marion (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Empire (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Elizabeth (Ship : 1837-1864)--Sightings and encounters, Oneida (Ship : 1832-1864)--Sightings and encounters, James Arnold (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Sophia Thornton (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Janus (Ship : 1842-1875)--Sightings and encounters, Waverly (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Sea Gull (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Stephania (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Cornelius Howland (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Bartholomew Gosnold (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Illinois (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Hope 2nd (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Eugenia (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Triton (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Josephine (Ship : 1856-1876)--Sightings and encounters, Gay Head (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Herald (Ship : 1818-1873)--Sightings and encounters, Jireh Perry (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Christopher Mitchell (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Ocean Rover (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Sarah (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Arab (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Oriole (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Zone (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Norman (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Alabama (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, North West (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Dove (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Alert (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, North America (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Waltham (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, William Wilson (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Almira (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Splendid (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Navigator (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Surry (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Sheering (Steamer)--Sightings and encounters, Appelena (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, General de Harper (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, General Dauphin (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Heather Bell (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Midas (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Guron (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Saint Paul Island (Terres australes et antarctiques françaises)--Description and travel, King George Sound (W.A.)--Description and travel, Albany (W.A.)--Description and travel, Stewart Island/Rakiura (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Akaroa Harbour (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Manawatāwhi/Three Kings Islands (N.Z.)--Description and travel, 'Eua Island (Tonga)--Description and travel, Islands, Bay of (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Brett, Cape (N.Z.)--Description and travel

Collection: newbedfordwhalingmuseum; americana

Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum

Language: English

Logbook of a whaling voyage to the Atlantic Ocean, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Includes descriptions of whales seen or taken, accidents, illnesses, shipboard medicine, interactions with natives, injuries, a death at sea, punishment, and women on ships. Also contains references to taking supplies and provisions at various ports. The captain brought his wife and sister onboard, and the captain's sister (Eliza "Lizzie" Wing) was treated several times for her sickness but died on October 18, 1859, and her body was put in a coffin that was placed in a cask to be sent home. The captain caught the Third Mate sleeping on duty and demoted him Fourth Mate on July 13, 1859. On 6 June 1861, the crew received word that captain Frazier [Fraser] of the the Zone (Bark) fell from aloft and died, but Captain Wing boarded the Zone to see if he could help. The crew traded for supplies with the natives of Eoa Island on July 1, 1860. A whaleboat was stove by a whale and the Fourth Mate was badly hurt in the chest on December 13, 1861. The vessel was damaged in a gale on December 26, 1861. The keeper notes that there was a snow storm with hail on July 11, 1862. Other places represented include Turtle Island and Port Jackson (New Zealand). Whaling grounds include the Cape Verde, South Atlantic, South Indian Ocean, Coast of New Holland, and the Tasman Sea grounds.