TY  - GEN
AU  - Smith,N.Byron
TI  - Narrative of N. Byron Smith,
KW  - Harriet Hoxie (Ship)
KW  - Nile (Whaler)
KW  - Voyages and travels
KW  - Whale oil
KW  - Whaling
KW  - Okhotsk, Sea of
KW  - Whaling ships
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - Greenport
KW  - Horn, Cape (Chile)
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
KW  - Hawaii
KW  - Indian Ocean
KW  - Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)
KW  - New London (Conn.)
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Pacific Ocean
KW  - Whalers (Persons)
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research; Microfilm edition available; no. 16,625 (16,747); Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division; Washington, D.C.; Library of Congress Photoduplication Service; 1976
N2  - Narrative by Smith describing his experiences aboard the whaler Nile of Greenport, N.Y., under the command of Capt. Conklin, and his voyage (1851 September 1-1854 March 12) to the whaling grounds in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific via the Azores, Cape of Good Hope, Indian Ocean, and New Zealand. Smith documents the methods of capturing whales and extracting whale oil, shipboard life, and his impressions of the people and culture of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) and the Marquesas. Includes description of Smith's return to New London, Conn., via Cape Horn in March 1854 after having left the Nile in Hawaii and stowing away aboard the merchant vessel, Harriet Hoxie
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/mtfxtx.w0001
ER  -