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2. New Zealand Company ships - Wikipedia

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   New Zealand Company Coat of Arms. The New Zealand Company was a 19th-century English company that played a key role in the colonisation of New Zealand.The company was formed to carry out the principles of systematic colonisation devised by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, who envisaged the creation of a new-model English society in the southern hemisphere.

3. Essex (whaleship) - Wikipedia

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   Essex was an American whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts, which was launched in 1799.On November 20, 1820, while at sea in the southern Pacific Ocean under the command of Captain George Pollard Jr., the ship was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale.

4. Plymouth, Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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   The ferry is operated by Capt. John Boats and offers one round trip daily from June to September. The ferry leaves from the State Wharf in Plymouth Center. [78] In addition to the ferry, Plymouth Harbor offers service for harbor excursions, whale watching tours, and deep sea fishing.

5. Want to see a whale? These are the top 5 recommended whale ...

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   Cost: $45 per adult Duration: Four hours What to know: Based in Gloucester, Massachusetts, a former whaling port now launches whale watch tours from Cape Ann to the Stellwagen Bank Marine ...

6. List of sea captains - Wikipedia

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   Captain of the Chilean steam tug Yelcho which rescued the 22 stranded crewmen of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance from Antarctica. Chile: Yes 1882 1935 Parker, John. One of the most successful arctic whalers to sail from Hull in the nineteenth century and for many years captain of the whale ship Truelove. United Kingdom: Yes 1800 1867

7. Hindu (schooner) - Wikipedia

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   Capt. Al Avellar of Provincetown, Massachusetts bought Hindu in 1946 and began sailing her as a passenger vessel there. [1] Avellar eventually pioneered the whale watching industry in 1947 with what is purportedly the first trip on the eastern seaboard. [2] Captain Al Avellar sold the Hindu to Alfred "Al" Bates Tinker Jr.

8. Coffin (whaling family) - Wikipedia

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   Tristram Coffin, born in 1609 in Brixton, Devon, sailed for America in 1642, first settling in Newbury, Massachusetts, then moving to Nantucket. [1] [2] The Coffins, along with other Nantucket families, including the Gardners and the Starbucks, began whaling seriously in the 1690s in local waters, and by 1715 the family owned three whaling ships (whalers) and a trade vessel. [1]

9. Breaching whale hits a fishing boat off Plymouth coast - AOL

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