American whaling barque Lagoda hailed according to the New Zealand newspaper New Zealand Herald dated Monday 15 June 1874

South Sea whalers boiling blubber/boats preparing to get a whale alongside. 

A watercolour by British artist Sir Oswald Brierly. The painting dates from around 1876.

An item reported the hailing of the whaling barque Lagoda by the Osmanli. Since she left the Bay of Islands, New Zealand in April she caught 200 barrels sperm.