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NEW BEDFORD, MASS. — The New Bedford Whaling Museum, in partnership with Mystic Seaport, said it has developed the world’s most comprehensive whaling history database, which is now avail-

able for all to use at whaling-history.org. Researchers, gene-alogists, students, teacher and history buffs alike will find it to be a robust and useful repos-itory of whaling history docu-mentation and scholarship.

The data presented combines many sources, including log-books, journals, ship registers, newspapers, business papers and custom house records. Users will be able to find and trace whaling voyages and

ships to specific logbooks, as well as the list of crewmembers aboard most of the voyages.

The foundational fabric of Whaling History features three databases that have been stitched together — the Ameri-can Offshore Whaling Voyage (AOWV) database, the American Offshore Whaling Log database and an extensive whaling crew list database. All data is open to the public and is downloadable for any researcher to use with other tools and systems.

The AOWV database, which was spearheaded by Judith Lund, scholar and former cura-tor at the New Bedford Whal-ing Museum, includes informa-tion about all known American offshore (or “pelagic”) whaling voyages from the 1700s to the 1920s. It does not include the modern factory ship voyages of the mid-Twentieth Century. Information is most complete for the Nineteenth Century. The voyages included in the database sailed from, or were under the registry of, what is now the United States.

Extensive records of Ameri-can whaling in the form of daily entries in whaling voyage logbooks and contain a great deal of information about where and when the whalemen found whales.

The second part of the data-base’s foundation is the Ameri-can Offshore Whaling Log database, which includes infor-mation from 1,381 logbooks from American offshore whal-ing voyages between 1784 and 1920. These data were extract-ed from the original whaling logbooks during three separate scientific research projects, one conducted by Lieutenant Com-mander Matthew Fontaine Maury in the 1850s, the second conducted by Charles Haskins Townsend in the 1930s and the

third conducted by a team from the Census of Marine Life proj-ect lead by Tim Denis Smith between 2000 and 2010. The data file includes 466,134 data records assembled in a com-mon format suitable for spatial and temporal analysis of Amer-ican whaling throughout the Nineteenth Century.

The third database that Whaling History is built from is extensive whaling voyage crew lists from more than 5,300 voyages. Crew lists for whaling voyages recorded at the customs houses in Fall River and Salem, Mass., and in New London, Conn., have been compiled as part of various projects and from various sources over the years. Crew lists for New Bedford voyages have been compiled using records kept by the chaplains of the New Bedford Port Soci-ety from 1840 to the end of whaling in New Bedford. These crew lists are now in a single searchable, sortable database.

In the next phase of the Whal-ing History, museums and other institutions’ collection items will be able to be linked to the database, giving researchers the ability to see a robust and dynamic picture of whaling history and artifacts.

For additional information, www.whalingmuseum.org.

New Bedford Whaling Museum Releases Comprehensive Whaling History Database

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HARRISBURG, PENN. — Cordier Auctions will offer more than 500 lots of antique, modern and military firearms, as well as accessories and mili-taria, in its March 25 firearms and militaria sale.

Among the expected top lots is a framed post-Civil War hand painted achievement of arms certificate for Civil War Private George W. Brown ($2/4,000). Brown enlisted in Pennsylvania on June 12, 1863, and served through the end of the war in 1865. He fought in the Battle of Fort Darling and was wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor.

A number of modern limited edition and commemorative firearms from a private collec-tion will cross the block, includ-ing a limited edition Browning Model 1886 ($1,7/2,000), the

receiver of which is decorated with a gold-accented engraving of a buffalo and elk. Other lim-ited edition firearms include an A. Uberti Model 1873 Billy the Kid tribute rifle ($1,7/2,000) and a Colt Roy Rogers and Dale Evans tribute revolver ($1,5/2,000). A Thompson model of a 1927 Tommy gun ($1/1,200) and a gold-decorated USMC commemorative rifle ($500/800) are sure to delight collectors.

A selection of antique and military guns are also on offer, including a Spencer M1903 scarce 25R extension magazine ($1,5/2,000). Cordier’s firearms and militaria director Matthew Chilton said this World War I weapon was among the most exciting pieces in the auction, partially due to the short run of its manufacture. Originally

intended for use by downed pilots, soldiers found that the extended magazine did not allow them to get as low as they needed to, and so use of the firearm was short-lived. A Turkish Ottoman Empire flint-lock pistol with Arabic writing to the top of the barrel ($1/1,200) also stands out among the antique weapons.

The sale will also feature an array of edged weapons, includ-ing a Nepalese jade handled dagger ($100/$200), and two

Eighteenth Century Indian gauntlet Pata (each $1/1,200). Created during the Mughal period, the use of this type of sword in warfare appears to have been largely restricted to the Seventeenth and Eigh-teenth Centuries. It was con-sidered a highly effective weap-on against heavily armored cavalry, and the use of Pata by the Maratha soldiers and roy-alty has a storied history.

More than 100 lots of knives from a single-owner collection

will be offered among the edged weapons, including a Case Tested XX folding knife and a green bone Case Scout knife (each $200/300). Numerous retail display cases are includ-ed in this collection, featuring a large store showcase filled with 68 different Case cutlery samples and products ($1/1,500).

Cordier Auctions & Apprais-als is at 1500 Paxton Street. For information, 717-731-8662 or www.cordierauction.com.

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Cordier’s Firearms & Militaria Auction To Feature Case Knives

Commemorative revolvers

Case XX Knives showcase. Civil War escutcheon for George W. Brown.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Reynolda House Museum of American Art is presenting “Frederic Church: A Painter’s Pilgrimage,” which explores his travels to ancient sites in the Middle East and the Mediterra-nean. More than 50 paintings, oil studies and drawings from the late 1860s through the early 1880s are on view to May 13 at 2250 Reynolda Road. For more information, 336-758-5150 or www.reynoldahouse.org.