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American Offshore Whaling Voyages: A Database

  • Source(s) for Voyage of Valentine Doane (Schr)

    1856, Dec - 1857, Aug. Sailing from Provincetown, MA to North Atlantic. Sent home 100 Sperm, 120 Whale, 0 Bone

    • Starbuck, Alexander. History of the American Whale Fishery from its Earliest Inception to the Year 1876. 1876. Reprinted Secaucus, NJ: Castle Books, 1989.
    • Batchelder, Charles F. Whaleship Index. New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library, New Bedford, MA, 1960. Card file.
    • Wood, Dennis. "Abstracts of Whaling Voyages, 1831-1873." Microfilm copy from the original manuscript held by the New Bedford Free Public Library, New Bedford, MA, 1981.
    • Crawford, Richard W. Whalers from the Golden Gate: A History of the San Francisco Whaling Industry, 1822-1908 Submitted in partial fulfillment for the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in History, San Diegeo State University, Spring, 1981.