ENLog Book Ship Nimrod, 1833-1835
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Title: Log Book Ship Nimrod, 1833-1835
Description: This is a well-kept book; on pp.'s 126-132 and 250-251 are compiled lists of: number of whales taken/struck/lost, date, location, # of lines lost/sunk during courses of both voyages (listed separately); lists of number of vessels taken on board; list of vessels spoken by ship; last page, page 252, contains notes by Capt. Barns of his chronometer being slow of Greenwich Mean Time, with dates of Sunday the 25th July, 1835 (date of next voyage, recorded in separate journal), and April-May 1835 bearings listed. Pp.'s 1-124: account kept aboard the whaling ship Nimrod, on a voyage from Sag Harbor, N.Y. to the Tristan da Cunha Islands (in the South Atlantic Ocean), 20 June 1833 - 13 June 1834, commanded by Erastus Barnes, Captain. Pp.'s 133-245: account kept aboard the whaling ship Nimrod, on a voyage from Sag Harbor, N.Y. to the South Atlantic, 26 July 1834 - 31 May 1835, commanded by Erastus Barnes, Captain. Mates are listed on the first page.
Creator: Barns, Erastus, Captain;
Subject: Whaling; Whales; Whale oil; Ships; Shipping;
Location: Sag Harbor--Suffolk County--New York;
Date of Original: 1833-1835
Physical Format: Whaling Logs
Physical Description: Manuscript volume: 253 pages. Typed partial transcript: 3 pages.
Type: Text
Language: eng;
Format of Digital: image/jpeg;
Holding Institution: East Hampton Library, Long Island Collection
Publisher of Digital: East Hampton Library; Long Island Collection
Digital Collection: Digital Long Island
Library Council: Long Island Library Resources Council
Notes: Cataloged as: [Whaling logs of the ship Nimrod, kept by Erastus Barns, Capt.], 1833-1835. https://search.livebrary.com/record=b3536390~S77
Rights: The Long Island Collection cannot guarantee the copyright of this item. Digitized materials are provided for educational purposes. For use, please contact the Long Island for available copyright information and permissions: The Long Island Collection, East Hampton Library, 159 Main St., East Hampton, NY 11937. 631-324-0222 x 4 or email lic@easthamptonlibrary.org.
File Name: 30625990000224
Repository: New York Heritage Digital Collections
Source: From: Log Book Ship Nimrod, 1833-1835