The Captain's Best Mate

by Lawrence, Mary Chipman; Garner, Stanton

• ISBN13: 9780874513660
• ISBN10: 0874513669
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1986-04-01
• Publisher: Univ Pr of New England

Summary

The diary of a wife who, with their five-year old daughter, accompanied her husband on a three-and-a-half year whaling voyage.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xv
New Bedford to the Sandwich Islands	3	(30)
November 1856-April 1857
The Gulf of Alaska and Bristol Bay	33	(24)
April-November 1857
The South Pacific and the Marquesas	57	(28)
November 1857-March 1858
The Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean	85	(50)
March-October 1858
Lower California	135	(26)
November 1858-April 1859
The Gulf of Alaska, the Bering Sea, and the Arctic Ocean	161	(48)
May-November 1859
New Zealand and Home	209	(32)
December 1859-June 1860
EPILOGUE: After the Voyage	241	(40)
APPENDIXES
A. The Addison's Take	249	(2)
B. Crew List of the Addison	251	(15)
C. List of Slops and Trade Items Carried on the Addison	266	(3)
D. List of Identifiable Members of the Lawrence and Chipman Families Mentioned in the Journal	269	(2)
E. Glossary of Whaling and Nautical Terms	271	(6)
F. Glossary of Obscure Geographical Terms	277	(4)
Notes	281	(26)
Index	307