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Tuesday, 4 February 2020

American whaler Gazelle active in the Dutch East Indies according to the Whalemen’s Shipping List dated Tuesday 22 December 1863

An item referred to a letter from captain Worth on board of the 340 tons Gazelle of New Bedford agent Thomas Nye jr,, lying at Borneo, Dutch East Indies on 20 September with a catch of 400 barrels sperm oil and 50 barrels whale oil. Everything was well on board and her next destination were the Moluccas [Maluka Islands, Dutch East Indies.