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).