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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Logbook of the ship Courier, 1846-1850</title>
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  <name type="corporate">
    <namePart>Courier (Ship :  1817-1861)</namePart>
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  <originInfo>
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  <abstract>Logbook (164 pages) kept by William Holley, captain of the ship Courier, whaler, of New Bedford, Mass., on a voyage to the west coast of South America.  Entries relate to sea and weather conditions, shipboard routine, and whale sightings and captures.  Places represented include the Azores, Magdalena Island, Galápagos Islands, and a number of points on the coasts of Chile and Peru.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <note>Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Marine meteorology</topic>
    <geographic>Atlantic Ocean</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Marine meteorology</topic>
    <geographic>Pacific Ocean</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Logbooks</topic>
    <temporal>19th century</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Voyages and travels</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Whalers (Persons)</topic>
    <geographic>Massachusetts</geographic>
    <geographic>New Bedford</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Whaling</topic>
    <geographic>Atlantic Ocean</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Whaling</topic>
    <geographic>Azores</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Whaling</topic>
    <geographic>Chile</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Whaling</topic>
    <geographic>Galápagos Islands</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Whaling</topic>
    <geographic>Magdalena Island</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Whaling</topic>
    <geographic>Massachusetts</geographic>
    <geographic>New Bedford</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Whaling</topic>
    <geographic>Pacific Ocean</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Whaling</topic>
    <geographic>Peru</geographic>
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  <subject>
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Holley, William</namePart>
    </name>
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  <identifier type="lccn">mm 83004197</identifier>
  <accessCondition type="restrictionOnAccess">Open to research.</accessCondition>
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