Narrative of N. Byron Smith
Language: eng
Subjects: Harriet Hoxie (Ship); Whale oil; Description and travel; Voyages and travels; Nile (Whaler); Whaling
Description: Narrative by Smith describing his experiences aboard the whaler Nile of Greenport, N.Y., under the command of Capt. Conklin, and his voyage (1851 September 1-1854 March 12) to the whaling grounds in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific via the Azores, Cape of Good Hope, Indian Ocean, and New Zealand. Smith documents the methods of capturing whales and extracting whale oil, shipboard life, and his impressions of the people and culture of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) and the Marquesas. Includes description of Smith's return to New London, Conn., via Cape Horn in March 1854 after having left the Nile in Hawaii and stowing away aboard the merchant vessel, Harriet Hoxie.
Notes: Open to research.

Microfilm edition available, no. 16,625 (16,747).

Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1976.

Gift, Theodore Brewster, 1975.

Mariner of Pennsylvania.

Collection material in English.

Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.