Talk:Ganges (whaler)

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[edit] Sources

For anyone interested:

• Partial log kept on board ship GANGES of Nantucket, Mass. Thomas Coffin, master; 1849 Sep 12-Dec 23 http://www.mysticseaport.org/Library/Manuscripts/coll/coll058/coll058.html

Gwinva (talk) 02:19, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gange/Ganges "debate"

Not only did Folger ignore the right whales of the northwest coast, but he wasn't even the first to note right whales there. For example: "The French captain who gave so unstintingly of this information was Narcisse Chaudiere, and his ship—unfortunately for a later generation of historians—was named the Gange. Chaudiere had just extended French whaling experience to 49° in the eastern North Pacific; his report to Stetson may have been the first announcement of success there. Stavers had missed the whales, and Barzillai Folger, finally at sea in the Ganges, had only just got to Cape Horn." Quoted from Robert L. Webb, On the Northwest: Commercial Whaling in the Pacific Northwest, 1790-1967 (1988).

Seeing as how Gwinva's source (Mawar 1999) not only didn't give his source, but also failed to consult the primary work on whaling in this region (Webb 1988), I will be reverting this section. It should STAY reverted. Jonas Poole (talk) 22:26, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Makes sense. Thanks for clarifying. Gwinva (talk) 23:37, 21 February 2008 (UTC)