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Thursday, 11 February 2021

American whaler Arctic arrived at Monganui, New Zealand according to the New Zealand newspaper Daily Southern Cross dated 26 June 1857

  

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An item reported the arrival at Monganui, New Zealand on 22 January of the American whaler Arctic of 431 tons from Fairhaven, USA, master B.E. Beedman, 6 months out, 60 barrels whale, 270 barrels sperm 500 lbs bone, cleared for whaling on 5 February.

Source

1. Whalemen’s Shipping List dated 30 June 1857 shipping agents Edmund Allen departed on 23 July 1856.

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