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Abby Jane Morrell
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
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Title: Narrative of a voyage to the Ethiopic and South Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Chinese Sea, North and South Pacific Ocean, in … 1829-31.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British…
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In 1829 Benjamin Morrell (1795-1839) departed America for a voyage to the Pacific as captain of the Antarctic. His wife, Abby Jane Morrell (b. 1809), insisted on accompanying him. First…
During the nineteenth century it became increasingly common for merchant service masters to take their wives to sea, particularly in the whaling industry, where voyages of 2-3 years were not…
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