01610cpcaa2200325 a 4500 mm2002084946 DLC 20260227111729.0 021203|||||||||||| eng mm2002084946 DLC dacs DLC DLC G lcmd Baker, Eleanor N., active 1867-1871. Eleanor N. Baker journal, 1867-1871. 2 items. Open to research. Journal of the bark Northern Light kept chiefly by Eleanor N. Baker while accompanying her husband, Captain Michael Baker, and their son on a whaling voyage, probably out of New Bedford, Mass., to the southwestern Pacific Ocean, primarily New Zealand and Fiji. Entries document the bark's latitude and longitude, weather, sighting and taking of whales, number of barrels of whale and sperm oil processed, visiting and sighting of ports and islands, names of ships and captains encountered, and life aboard ship. Wife of Michael Baker, captain of the bark Northern Light. Collection material in English. Baker, Michael, active 1867-1871. Northern Light (Bark) Ship's papers 19th century. Voyages and travels. Whaling Massachusetts New Bedford. Whaling Pacific Ocean. Fiji Description and travel. New Zealand Description and travel. 44663 44663