[Esk (Ship) of Whitby, England, mastered by William Scoresby Jr., keeper Charles Steward,
By Esk (Ship). Published 1814. Free to read and download from Internet Archive.
Description
Logbook of a whaling voyage to the Arctic Ocean. Includes descriptions of types of whales seen or taken, shipboard medicine, interactions with natives, ship's duties, equipment, and supplies (including guns). Also contains sketches of whale flukes and meteorological observations. The keeper notes that the barometer onboard is the same one that went around the world with Captain Cook. The logbook states that the crew consisted of 54 men and lists the various ranks employed onboard with a description of some of the skeeman's and spectioneer's duties later in the log. The keeper noted that the crew wore "glazed hats and blue jackets and trousers" as uniforms. While at Shetland Island (Scotland), the keeper provides great detail of the island's inhabitants, their customs, and the island's fauna. At one point, the vessel's surgeon went onboard the ship Manchester of Hull to attend to her "dyi
- Author
- Esk (Ship)
- Date
- 1814
- Language
- eng
- Copyright
- Public domain in the US
Subjects
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