KWM_167_Pedro_Varela

Journal of a whaling voyage to the Atlantic Ocean. Includes descriptions of whales seen or taken, accidents, illnesses, a death at sea, punishments, taking on provisions at port, and women at sea. Also contains whale stamps, whale illustrations, agent/owner accounts, and crew accounts. The journal was kept by the Captain's wife and includes detailed descriptions of life at sea, entertainment at ports of call, and food eaten during the voyage. There are multiple entries where the keeper notes that the crew played music on deck. One man drowned on April 9, 1881. One man fell overboard on 16 May 1881 but was saved. Several men refused duty on 21 June 1881 and were punished as a result. A whaleboat was stove by a whale on July 14, 1881. The keeper attended church while at Saint Helena in April 1882. Several men were sick and could not work in December 1882. Whaling grounds include the Western, Western Island, and Tristan grounds.; Kendall Whaling Museum (KWM 167); Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Daniel L. Ricketson, on voyage 5 April 1881 - 15 October 1883; managing agent: Gilbert Allen; built at Somerset, Mass., 1853.