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Sunday, 19 July 2026

American sailing sealing ship Antarctic in 1828-1829

Antarctic sealing ground African coast. Rigging schooner. Captain Benjamin Morrell. Left New York, USA in 1828, returned home on 14 July 1829 with 4,000 fur-seal skins. Tonnage 172 tons.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. (1978).

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