Title
William Henry Tripp, whaling log records, circa 1900-1925 : "No more packets to the Cape Verde Islands"
Title Variants
Alternative:
End of the schooner "John R. Manta"
Related Titles
Contained In:
William Henry Tripp, whaling log records, circa 1900-1925
Series:
SIA Acc. T91019
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Tripp, William Henry, 1880-1959
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1945-1960
Notes
This folder is part of a collection of whaling records from William Henry Tripp's collection. It includes clippings of newspapers and magazines on the subject of the whaling schooner John R. Manta and its use a packet boat in the packet trade between New Bedford, Mass. and the Cape Verde Islands. An article, mounted in a folder, undated and excerpted from the magazine Yachting, is by Carlos C. Hanks and has the title "No more packets to the Cape Verdes". Inserted are: an article with many photographs, dated August 21, 1960, from the Sunday Standard Times of New Bedford, tilted "So ends..."; and a clipping from the same paper, with an article by John R. Manter titled "Cape Verde packets have a place in annals of area's sea disasters".
Subjects
Cape Verde Islands
,
Clippings (information artifacts)
,
Field notes
,
John R. Manta (Schooner)
,
Massachusetts
,
New Bedford
,
Packets
,
Schooners--Massachusetts
,
Tripp, William Henry, 1880-1959
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.142298
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