American whaler Lydia visited Bay of Islands, New Zealand in 1836

Fishermen in boats have been attacking a whale but one boat is upset and a man is falling out. Coloured engraving by F. Duncan after W.J. Huggins 1834

Arrived on 8 October 1836, ship, name master Ramsdale, tonnage - tons, belonged to USA, active in the sperm oil fishery, cargo 1,400 barrels oil.(1)

Note

1. Bay of Islands, area on the east coast of the Far North District, North Island, New Zealand.

Source

Accounts and papers of the House of Commons: seventeen volumes. Colonies; Emigration; Australia; Prisons, West Indies;etc. Session 15 November 1837-16 August 1838. Vol. XL.