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Title
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Leander Owen, whaling logbook, September 15th, 1881.
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Caption
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Leander Owen (1833-1911) was a ship captain and whaling master who travelled extensively through the Arctic during the peak of the Atlantic whaling fishery. Owen’s personal journal documents the first whaling trip ever made into the Arctic by a steam-powered vessel. The journal recounts the astonishing speed and efficiency with which sailors were killing Bowhead and North Atlantic right whales—both species that are endangered in their native habitats today. Each drawing of a whale’s tail in Owen’s journal denotes one animal successfully killed and “cut” (stripped of its blubber) within a given day.
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Creator
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Leander Owen
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Containing Publication
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Manuscript Stef Mss-247 "Leander Owen papers", Folder: "Journals, 1880 - 1882"
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Date Created
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1881
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Rights
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No Known Copyright
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Bibliographic Citation
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Leander Owen, whaling logbook, September 15th, 1881. Manuscript Stef Mss-247 "Leander Owen papers, 1856-1888.", Box: 1 "1856-1889", Folder: 3 "Journals, 1880 - 1882"
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Filename
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exh-vanishing_Owen_001.jpeg
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exh-vanishing_Owen_002.jpeg
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exh-vanishing_Owen_003.jpeg
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Case Number
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Causes and Consequences of Extinction
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Item Number
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7
