American sailing sealing ship Somerset in 1839-1840

Antarctic sealing ground. Rigging brig. Captain Barnum left Stonington for the Crozet Islands in 1839 and arrived at home in 1840 with 800 barrels sea-elephant oil

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.