Tales of Whalers vs Salt Horse

Publication

Mattapoisett Museum

Name/Title

Tales of Whalers vs "Salt Horse"

Entry/Object ID

0400.1.603

Description

Logbook Tales mostly about Galapagos Tortoises which provided "Turtle Soup" to vary the Whalemens diet of "Salt Horse." It includes records of catches where the Old Deep Sea Whalemen caught their whales and the current move to preserve these animals from extinction. Booklet was dedicated to Colonel Edward Howland Robinson Green (picture included) for the gift of the Charles W. Morgan. Publisher Reynolds Printing, New Bedford, Mass.

Collection

Library: Whaling (WH)

Acquisition

Accession

0400.1

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

Galapagos Tortoises

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Booklet

Publication Details

Author

Townsend, Charles Haskins

Date Published

1936

Created By

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Create Date

January 25, 2018

Updated By

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Update Date

June 16, 2021