James Warden Brett - Journal on board the whaling ship Massachusetts, 1836-1840
James Warden Brett - Journal on board the whaling ship Massachusetts, 1836-1840
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Date
Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]
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PMB 1038
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microfilm reel 35 mm
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Microfilm : PMB 1038
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Contents
The journal begins on Wednesday 7 December, 1836, when the ship sailed from New Bedford, Massachusetts on a whaling voyage to the South Seas under Captain George F. Brown. Brett describes in great detail the activities of a harpooner, life on board a whaling ship in general, the many other ships they "spoke" and all the events experienced during th...
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James Warden Brett - Journal on board the whaling ship Massachusetts, 1836-1840
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PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1038
Available for reference for research purposes only
Microfilm copy of original held in private ownership
Not to be reproduced for publication without the consent of the copyright holder
Contextual Information
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Brett was born in Kent, England and was entered on the books of the Massachusetts as the harpooner of the larboard whaleboat. Brett was twenty-one years old when he began his journal and the voyage which was to last for three and a half years
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PMB 1038
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n7oVdzgn
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441388
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