Whaling Museum and Mystic Seaport Announce Expansion of Whaling History Database
“Since our founding over 100 years ago, our passion has always been to document and share the diverse stories of this vibrant maritime region.”
Chairman and CEO of the
NEW BEDFORD —
“Since our founding over 100 years ago, our passion has always been to document and share the diverse stories of this vibrant maritime region,” said
Launched in 2018 as part of a partnership between two of the largest maritime history museums in the world, the Whaling History website compiles the archives of seven different whaling databases in the form of logbooks, diaries, ship registers, journals, commercial documents and customs documents. Users can access information on thousands of whaling trips, as well as a list of its crew members. All data is open to the public and downloadable for any researcher to use.
Last fall the website underwent a series of expansions that strengthen the archives of 18th and 19th century voyages with the addition of the Dennis Wood Abstracts of Whaling Voyages as well as significant additions, revisions and updates existing data from both American Offshore Whaling and British Southern Whale Fishery Databases.
The Dennis Wood Abstracts of Whaling Voyages consist of brief handwritten summaries of incoming and outgoing whaling voyages, as recorded by
Further extensions to the database consist of additions as well as updates to existing data from the American Offshore Whaling and British Southern Whale Fishery databases. The American Offshore Whaling Database has been updated for 2021, adding over 370 voyages as well as numerous corrections and updates to existing voyage entries. The travels added date mainly from the 18th century and are taken from contemporary diaries. The British Southern Whale Fishery databases have been carefully reviewed and updated with additional voyages, crew lists and data corrections.
The Whaling History site is a collaboration between the
“Since our founding over 100 years ago, our passion has always been to document and share the diverse stories of this vibrant maritime region.”
Chairman and CEO of the
