Logbook of the Ship Champion
Log, kept by Charles R. Cary, William B. Waterman, and mate Nathaniel P. Gray, relating to a whaling voyage to the Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. Includes descriptions of types of whales seen or taken, accidents and death at sea, fire on ship, mutiny, crew discharged, and punishment on ship; whale stamps, drawing of whale, profile portraits, list of provisions used, and flying fish wing (flying fish fins pasted on logbook). Other places represented include Faial, Hawaii, Hilo, Lahaina, Oahu, Rota Island, and Guam.