American whaler Charles Carroll visited Salango Island according to the newspaper The Inquirer and Mirror dated Wednesday 1 January 1834

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An item reported that when the American whaler Thule left on 31 August 1833 Salango (1) the American whaler Charles Carroll master Chase of Nantucket 10,5 months out 600 barrels oil was lying there.

Notes

1. Salango Island, Ecuador was an anchorage for whalers for water and fresh provisions.

2. Catalogue of Nantucket Whalers and their voyages from 1815 to 1870. Hussey&Robinson, Nantucket, 1876. Departed on 10 October 1832 to the Pacific Ocean, returned on 3 March 1836 2.610 barrels sperm oil, master Owen Chase.