Perry R Brightman journal

Author/creator Brightman, Perry R author.
Other author Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) digitiser.
Format Electronic
PublicationMarlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022.
Description1 online resource.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://www.lifeatsea.amdigital.co.uk/documents/detail/perry-r-brightman-journal/21499835
Subjects

SeriesLife at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2609
Summary Journal of sailor Perry Brightman, kept from 24 June 1852 - 3 April 1854 and 9 June 1856 - 23 April 1857, on board the Bark GEORGE AND MARY. The journal describes a whaling voyage on the Atlantic Ocean from Westport Point (now Westport), Mass., to the Western Grounds. Entries note weather and sailing conditions, life on board ship, obtaining provisions, and chasing and catching whales. The journal also includes a list of crew members who served on the voyage and pencil sketches of the bark.
Original versionReproduction of: Perry R Brightman journal, 24 Jun 1852 - 23 Apr 1857.
Location of originalMassachusetts Historical Society
Copyright noteMaterial sourced from the Massachusetts Historical Society

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