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Saturday, 6 July 2024

American whaler Alexander Coffin visited Oahu, Hawaii in 1835

Arrival at Oahu, Hawaii on 22 November. Tonnage 382 tons. Master Baker. Where owned Nantucket. Time 34.5 months. Cargo 1,800 barrels oil. Departed on 26 December. Departed Nantucket master David Baker on 25 December 1832 for the Pacific Ocean, returned on 19 May 1836 1,946 barrels sperm oil.

Sources

Catalogue of Nantucket Whalers and their voyages from 1815 to 1870. Hussey&Robinson, Nantucket, 1876. 

The Sailor’s Magazine and Naval Journal. Published by the American Seamen’s Friend Society. Vol. VIII ending August 1835, p. 335 etc. 

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