American whaler Phenix visited Payta, Peru according to the newspaper The Inquirer and Mirror dated Wednesday 1 January 1834

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An item reported that the American whaler Phenix master Wilbur visited Payta, Peru for repairs after she was been run foul by the ship Indian of London in the night of 8 July 1833 and departed for Nantucket on 12 September wanting 80 barrels oil.

Note

1. Catalogue of Nantucket Whalers and their voyages from 1815 to 1870. Hussey&Robinson, Nantucket, 1876. Departed on 10 October 1831 to the Pacific Ocean, returned in January 1835 2.205 barrels sperm oil, master Sanford Wilber.