May 22, 2008 - Sale 2147

Sale 2147 - Lot 336

Price Realized: $ 960
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(SHIP'S LOG.) Whale ship "Acosta." Log of the whale ship "Acosta" out of Sag Harbor. Typical log with entries of position and descriptions of weather conditions, with additional notes on other ships spotted and general fishing conditions. 164 pages. Folio, original wrappers. Blank log book produced by John H. Wheeler of Water Street, New York. June 1830-June 1831

Additional Details

The ship left Sag Harbor for whaling off the coast of Patagonia. Starbuck is unaware of this sailing, though he does have the ship leaving out of Sag Harbor in 1831.