Incidents of a Whaling Voyage. To Which are Added Observations on the Scenery, Manners and Customs, and Missionary Stations, of the Sandwich and Society Islands

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Creator

Francis Allyn Olmstead

Title

Incidents of a Whaling Voyage. To Which are Added Observations on the Scenery, Manners and Customs, and Missionary Stations, of the Sandwich and Society Islands

Coverage

New York

Publisher

D. Appleton & Co.

Date

1841

Subject

With 12 lithographic plates. Bound in original green publishers’ cloth.

Description

Olmsted’s account of his travels aboard a whaling ship in the Pacific Ocean was extremely popular in its time. He described the many islands and inhabitants he encountered in the course of the voyage as well as the history and methods of the whaling industry. Melville drew heavily upon this work for Moby-Dick (1851).