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Collection Software, E-Resource American offshore whaling voyages : a database AOWV database / Dataset of American offshore whaling voyages

About this Item

Title

  • American offshore whaling voyages : a database

Other Title

  • AOWV database
  • Dataset of American offshore whaling voyages

Summary

  • "American Offshore Whaling Voyages database, containing one or more records for each American voyage for which evidence was found-- at the least, the name of the vessel and/or master, the port and the approximate date of starting and ending. A basic suite of information is included for most voyages, and usually substantial additional information is included on the ship's capacity and rig, declared destination, and quantity of whale products returned. Basic biographical information about the master is included where known." --American Offshore Whaling website, viewed 9/24/2024.
  • "The American Offshore Whaling Voyage (AOWV) database includes information about all known American offshore (or “pelagic”) whaling voyages from the 1700s to the 1920s, it does not include the modern factory ship voyages of the mid-20th century. Information is most complete for the 19th century. The voyages included in the database sailed from, or were under the registry of, what is now the United States. A voyage was defined to be complete when the vessel returned to its port of departure or registry." -- American Offshore Whaling: Voyages website, viewed 9/24/2024.

Names

  • New Bedford Whaling Museum, issuing body
  • Nantucket Historical Association, issuing body
  • Mystic Seaport Museum, issuing body

Created / Published

  • [New Bedford, MA] : New Bedford Whaling Museum, Nantucket Historical Association, and Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., [2024]

Headings

  • -  Whaling--United States--History

Genre

  • Data sets

Notes

  • -  Title from readme file.
  • -  "Updated through 9/11/2024." -- readme file.

Medium

  • Datasets

Call Number/Physical Location

  • SH383.2

Repository

  • s-Online Electronic Resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2022482151

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • compressed data

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Cite This Item

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Chicago citation style:

New Bedford Whaling Museum, Issuing Body, Issuing Body Nantucket Historical Association, and Issuing Body Mystic Seaport Museum. American Offshore Whaling Voyages: A Database. [New Bedford, MA: New Bedford Whaling Museum, Nantucket Historical Association, and Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc, 2024] Software, E-Resource. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022482151/.

APA citation style:

New Bedford Whaling Museum, I. B., Nantucket Historical Association, I. B. & Mystic Seaport Museum, I. B. (2024) American Offshore Whaling Voyages: A Database. [New Bedford, MA: New Bedford Whaling Museum, Nantucket Historical Association, and Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc] [Software, E-Resource] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022482151/.

MLA citation style:

New Bedford Whaling Museum, Issuing Body, Issuing Body Nantucket Historical Association, and Issuing Body Mystic Seaport Museum. American Offshore Whaling Voyages: A Database. [New Bedford, MA: New Bedford Whaling Museum, Nantucket Historical Association, and Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc, 2024] Software, E-Resource. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2022482151/>.