MARC Record from Library of Congress

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100 1 $aSmith, N. Byron.
245 00 $aNarrative of N. Byron Smith,$f1851-1854.
300 $a1$fitem (148 pages).
300 $a1$fmicrofilm reel.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aNarrative by Smith describing his experiences aboard the whaler Nile of Greenport, N.Y., under the command of Capt. Conklin, and his voyage (1851 September 1-1854 March 12) to the whaling grounds in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific via the Azores, Cape of Good Hope, Indian Ocean, and New Zealand. Smith documents the methods of capturing whales and extracting whale oil, shipboard life, and his impressions of the people and culture of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) and the Marquesas. Includes description of Smith's return to New London, Conn., via Cape Horn in March 1854 after having left the Nile in Hawaii and stowing away aboard the merchant vessel, Harriet Hoxie.
530 $aMicrofilm edition available,$dno. 16,625 (16,747).
533 $aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.$bWashington, D.C. :$cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,$d1976.
541 $cGift,$aTheodore Brewster,$d1975.
545 0 $aMariner of Pennsylvania.
546 $aCollection material in English.
580 $aForms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.
610 20 $aHarriet Hoxie (Ship)
610 20 $aNile (Whaler)
650 0 $aVoyages and travels.
650 0 $aWhale oil.
650 0 $aWhaling$zOkhotsk, Sea of.
651 0 $aWhaling ships$zNew York (State)$zGreenport.
651 0 $aHorn, Cape (Chile)$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aCape of Good Hope (South Africa)$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aHawaii$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aIndian Ocean$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aMarquesas Islands (French Polynesia)$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aNew London (Conn.)$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aNew Zealand$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aOkhotsk, Sea of$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aPacific Ocean$xDescription and travel.
656 7 $aWhalers (Persons)$2itoamc
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
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