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The narrative presents a first-person account of five years in the South Pacific whaling trade, combining practical description of fitting out in New Bedford, shipboard routines, and the technical phases of hunting and processing whales—boat work, masthead lookouts, cutting in, and trying out. It records storms, crossings, island visits and port calls across Pacific archipelagos, encounters with local inhabitants, episodes of desertion and discipline, and the daily food, illness, and camaraderie of sailors. Interwoven are naturalistic observations of whale species and seascapes, vivid episodic scenes of pursuit and capture, and reflections on hardship, luck, and the rhythms of long maritime voyages.

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Title: Life and Adventure in the South Pacific

Author: John D. Jones

Release date: June 6, 2019 [eBook #59684]

Language: English

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NEW BEDFORD

LIFE AND ADVENTURE
IN
THE SOUTH PACIFIC.

BY
A ROVING PRINTER.
NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
FRANKLIN SQUARE.
1861.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty, by
HARPER & BROTHERS,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.