American whaler Hellespont present in the Japan Sea according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 24 August 1850

 The New Pictorial and Illustrated Family Magazine established for the diffusion of useful knowledge, vol. III. Robert Sears editor, New York 1846

An item reported the presence in the Japan Sea of the American whaler Hellespont master Manwaring of Mystic 5 whales heard of her in the Ochotsk Sea, oil not stated.