Southampton History Museum: Captain Mercator Cooper's Whaling Log

Press release from the Southampton History Museum:

2021-06-29

This week I wanted to share with you, not something from our collection, but something from the New Bedford Whaling Museum’s collection that has been a huge help to us in our research. Captain Mercator Cooper’s whaling log from his historic whaling journey to the Pacific Ocean in the early 1840s.

This press release was produced by the Southampton History Museum. The views expressed here are the author’s own.