Four years aboard the whaleship

Name: Four years aboard the whaleship
Author: William B. Whitecar

by William B. Whitecar

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Four years aboard the whaleship Embracing cruises in the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Antarctic oceans, in the years 1855, '6, '7, '8, '9

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Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: J. B. Lippincott, 1860.

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MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Release date

2022-09-11

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Voyages and travels Sailors Whaling

About the author

William B. Whitecar

A young sailor’s firsthand account of four demanding years on a whaleship offers a vivid look at 1850s whaling life and long ocean voyages. His memoir stands out for its practical detail, steady storytelling, and sense of adventure.

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