CoML Whaling vessels encountered

This table from logbook entries includes information from logbooks from American offshore whaling voyages. These data were extracted from the original whaling logbooks during a scientific research project conducted by a team from the Census of Marine Life project (CoML, www.coml.org) led by Tim Denis Smith between 2000 and 2010.

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VoyageID Day Month Year Jul Lat Lon VIDSpo VesselSpo CaptainSpo PortSpo RigSpo MonthsSpo SpermSpo WhaleSpo Unspecifiedbbls InCoWith SharedWith Commentx Vessel VesselID VIDdate sequence
VoyageID Day Month Year Jul Lat Lon VIDSpo VesselSpo CaptainSpo PortSpo RigSpo MonthsSpo SpermSpo WhaleSpo Unspecifiedbbls InCoWith SharedWith Commentx Vessel VesselID VIDdate sequence

Whaling vessels encountered—Column Definitions

ColumnDescription
VoyageIDVoyage Identification Number
DayDay of Year
MonthMonth of Year
YearYear
JulNumber of days since 1 Jan 1600
LatDecimal latitude
LonDecimal longitude
VID.SpoVOYAGEID for spoken vessel
Vessel.SpoName of spoken vessel
Captain.SpoName of spoken captain
Port.SpoHome port of spoken vessel
Rig.SpoRigging of spoken vessel
Months.SpoMonths out from home port
Sperm.SpoBarrels of sperm oil on spoken vessel
Whale.SpoBarrels of whale oil on spoken vessel
UnspecifiedbblsBarrels of unspecified oil on spoken vessel
InCoWithName of vessel working in company with spoken vessel
SharedWithNo=0; Yes=1
Comment.xText by transcriber
VesselName of vessel completing logbook
VesselIDID of vessel completing logbook