Commerce and Natural Resource Exploitation (1520-1918)
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New England whalers and sealers in Patagonian waters 1834 |
| Private journal of a missionary in transit via the Falklands Islands. Names U.S. whaling and sealing ships, their movements, home ports and captains. Records his impressions of the common sailor's way of life. Describes method of catching seals and whales. | |
| Author | Titus Coan (1801-82) |
| Manuscript | Unpublished |
| Size | 12 pages (transcribed) |
| Language | English |
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