[Ansel Gibbs (Ship) of Fairhaven, Mass., mastered by Isaiah West, keeper unknown, on voyage 17 September 1839 - 10 September 184
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- [Ansel Gibbs (Ship) of Fairhaven, Mass., mastered by Isaiah West, keeper unknown, on voyage 17 September 1839 - 10 September 184
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- Isaiah West
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- 1839
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[Ansel Gibbs (Ship) of Fairhaven, Mass., mastered by Isaiah West, keeper unknown, on voyage 17 September 1839 - 10 September 1842]
Author: Ansel Gibbs (Ship)
Year: 1839
Logbook of a whaling voyage to the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.$bIncludes descriptions of whales seen or taken, accidents, illnesses, and a death at sea. Also contains inventories of oil. The keeper writes of scurvy in several entries. Other places represented include the Comoro Islands, Tahanah, Juan de Nova Island [Ile Juan de Nova], and Pasendaua Bay. Whaling grounds include the Western Islands, Coast of Africa, Madagascar, Zanzibar, Delgoa Bay, and the Indian Ocean grounds.
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