Beane sailed in the “Java” of New Bedford, 1864-67, and visited the Marshall Islands, Hawaii, Phoenix and Canton Islands, and the Gilbert Islands. He gives a good sense of daily life aboard a whaler. A folding map shows the course of the “Java’s” 4-year whaling cruise. Forster 6, Jenkins, p. 79. A very good copy bound in original decorated cloth which is lightly sunned.
