Log Book: The Ship Harbinger Log Book “On a Whaling Voyage to the Pacific Ocean”, kept by Francis Fisher, Master. The Ship Harbinger out of Westbport Point, Massachusetts, Monday 15 May 1848 to Friday 25 July 1851. 95 leaves, large folio, original half-calf. Includes descriptions of whales seen or taken, whale stamps (30 sperm, 41 flukes), gams with numerous vessels (e.g. President and Columba of Nantucket), ports of call and islands sighted (e.g. Callio, Flores, Talcahuano, Gallipagus (sic), Marquises, Mocha, etc). Note: Several leaves trimmed along lower margin for scrap, but no losses to text.

13 ⅜ in. x 8 ¾ in.