“There she blows:” A Narrative of a Whaling Voyage, in the Indian and South Atlantic Oceans.

Ely, Ben-Ezra Stiles. Edited…by Curtis Dahl. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1976. [First published 1849.].
  • Whalemen's Reading
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Originally published in 1849, this modern edition of Ben Ely's personal account of whaling off Madagascar aboard the bark Emigrant includes a biographical introduction and much additional information by Ely's great-grandson. Facsimile of original title page. ALBION, p. 202.

“There She Blows:” A Narrative of a Whaling Voyage, in the Indian and South Atlantic Oceans.

Ely, Ben-Ezra Stiles. Edited…by Curtis Dahl. (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1976).
  • Maritime Reading
 Preview 

Originally published in 1849, this is Ben Ely's personal account of whaling off Madagascar aboard the bark Emigrant. This modern edition includes a biographical introduction and much additional information by Ely's great-grandson. Facsimile of original title page. ALBION, p. 202.