Journal kept by Edward C. Luce on board the ships LEXINGTON of Nantucket, HERO of Nantucket, Massachusetts & Louisa Sears of Edgartown, Massachusetts

SeriesLife at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-3254
Summary Journal kept by Edward C. Luce on board the ship LEXINGTON of Nantucket, Massachusetts, Peter C. Brock, master, for a whaling voyage to the Pacific Ocean and Arctic Ocean whaling grounds. Contains whale stamps, ship stamps, mentions third mate suffering a broken leg when a whale stove the boat. Made 4 ports-of-call and spoke 14 vessels. Journal kept by Edward C. Luce on board the ship HERO of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Joseph McCleave, master, for the homeward passage from the Pacific Ocean whaling grounds. Made 2 ports-of-call and spoke 7 vessels; Journal kept by Edward C. Luce on board the bark Louisa Sears of Edgartown, Massachusetts. Edward Mayhew, master, for a voyage to the Atlantic Ocean whaling grounds. Contains whale stamps, describes shipboard life, mentions scrimshaw and two slavers, Splendid of Boston and Eliza Jane of New York. Made 7 ports-of-call and spoke 26 vessels. Captain Mayhew died April 26, 1857.
General noteAMDigital Reference:Log 832.
General noteMystic Seaport Museum: Logbooks.
Original versionReproduction of: Journal kept by Edward C. Luce on board the ships LEXINGTON of Nantucket, HERO of Nantucket, Massachusetts & Louisa Sears of Edgartown, Massachusetts, 1853 December 11-1854 November 15..
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