An item referred to a letter from Charles Higginson dated Payta [Peru] 15 September 1833 reported the visit on 4 August 1833 at Payta of the American whaler Rambler master Derrick of Nantucket 13 months out 1.400 barrels oil.
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1.Departed to the Pacific Ocean on 17 June 1832, returned on 3 April 1835 1.697 barrels sperm oil, master Thomas Derrick. Catalogue of Nantucket Whalers and their voyages from 1815 to 1870. Hussey&Robinson, Nantucket, 1876.

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