American Whaling Logbook data

Logbook page kept on board the whaling ship Aeronaut of Mystic, Conn., on a voyage to the South Atlantic whaling grounds. Mystic Seaport HFM 61

The American Offshore Whaling Logbook database, contains records transcribed from whaling log books giving information on the whales seen and captured, and the date and the location of the vessel. This database consolidates information from three projects, below, (individual data sets are also available for each project separately) and adds data transcribed by Dale Chatwin, primarily for British Southern Whale Fishery voyages.

Where Whalers Encountered Whales 1784–1920

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