Cheever, Henry Theodore. – What did explorers read?

The Whale and His Captors, Or, The Whaleman’s Adventures, and the Whale’s Biography, as Gathered on the Homeward Cruise of the "Commodore Preble."

Cheever, Henry Theodore. New York: Harper, 1850 [Reprinted Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1991.].

1849 Return Whaling Voyage South Seas to Boston (aboard Commodore Preble).
Maritime Reading

Preview

Author is a pious, anti-papist clergyman travelling in a whaler from South Seas to Boston, observing whaling practices and especially critical of Sabbath breaking customs of whalers.

The Whale and his Captors; Or, The Whaleman’s Adventures, and the Whale’s Biography, as Gathered on the Homeward Cruise of the "Commodore Preble."

Cheever, Henry Theodore. (New York: Harper, 1850). [Reprinted Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1991].

Whalemen's Reading

Preview

The author is a pious, anti-papist clergyman travelling in a whaler from the South Seas to Boston, observing whaling practices and especially critical of the Sabbath-breaking customs of whalers.