Maury Column Definitions
Maury data viewer columns
Column | Definition |
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Sequence | The unique identifier for this date/location entry |
VoyageID | The short-form Whaling Resource Identifier (WRI) of the voyage for this date/location entry, linking to AOWV voyage data. |
Lat | Decimal latitude |
LatType | L = Logbook; I = Interpolated or from gazeteer; blank = None |
Lon | Decimal longitude |
LonType | L = Logbook; I = Interpolated or from gazeteer; blank = None |
Day | Day of Year |
Month | Numerical Month of Year |
Year | Year |
Encounter | Cetacean Encounters: “NoEnc” = None Reported “Sight” = 1 or more cetaceans sighted “Strike” = 1 or more cetaceans struck |
Species | Common name of cetaceans encountered; blank when no cetaceans reported. |
AltSpecies | Common name of cetaceans encountered; blank when no cetaceans reported. |
Number_Whales | Number of cetaceans sighted; blank when no cetaceans reported. |
Struck | Number of cetaceans struck; blank when no cetaceans reported. |
Tried | Number of cetaceans processed; blank when no cetaceans reported. |
Barrels | |
PosType | Text description for position information |
Place | Geographical name of location when reported; blank when no name reported. |
SpokenVessels | Other vessels spoken with on this date |
Maury index columns
Column | Definition |
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Record ID | The short-form Whaling Resource Identifier (WRI) of this index entry |
VoyageID | The short-form WRI of the voyage |
Voyage | Voyage title |
MasterID | The short-form WRI of the master |
Master | The name of the master, as written in the Maury data |
VesselID | The short-form WRI of the vessel |
Vessel | The name of the vessel, as written in the Maury data |
Rig | The vessel's rig, as written in the Maury data |
Port | The port of departure, if it is contained in the Maury data |
Destination | The destination of the voyage if it is contained in the Maury data. Sometimes this is a whaling ground or ocean, but sometimes it is just the first major port of call |
Volume | The volume number of the first page of the data for this voyage in the physical Maury abstracts |
Page | The page number of the first page of the data for this voyage in the physical Maury abstracts |
Link | The URL of the first page of the data for this voyage in the scanned version of the Maury abstracts. WARNING: these URLs will not work with the Firefox browser. |
Places | The URL of a table listing the main ports of call during the voyage, in the scanned version of the Maury abstracts. WARNING: these URLs will not work with the Firefox browser. |
Notes | Notes from the indexer |
Years | A list of all years the vessel was at sea on this voyage |