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Author Pinkham, Hezekiah.

Title Hezekiah Pinkham, his jurnel 1793 - 1802 / transcribed and explained by Rod Dickson
Published Victoria Park, W. A. : Hesperian Press, [2011]
Carlisle, W. A. Hesperian Press, 2011
©2011

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Description vi, 194 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 30 cm
Contents The whalers, an explanation -- Introduction -- The President, whaler, 1797-1799 (Andrew Pinkham, Captain) -- The Union, whaleship, 1793-1794 (Grafton Gardner, Captain) -- The Boston Packet, whaleship, 1794-1795 (William Easton, Captain) --The William and Henry, cargo ship, 1800 (Paul Jeppson, Captain) -- The American packet, cargo ship, 1801-1802 (Captain Barnard)
Summary These are the log books kept by young Hezekiah Pinkham after he went to sea as a teenager to learn the art of whaling from his uncle, Captain Andrew Pinkham
Analysis Australian
Subject President (Ship : 1797-1799)
Shipping -- United States.
Voyages and travels.
Whalers (Persons) -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Whaling -- Massachusetts -- Nantucket.
Whaling -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
SUBJECT Pacific Ocean http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096476 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278
Author Dickson, Rod.
Easton, William, active 1794-1795
Gardner, Grafton, 1763-1839.
Jeppson, Paul.
Pinkham, Andrew.
LC no. 2012494667
ISBN 9780859055086 (paperback)
Other Titles His jurnel 1793 - 1802
Hezekiah Pinkham, his journal