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Illustrated log of the whaling barque TERROR
William Henry Downes1846 – 1847
Australian National Maritime Museum
Sydney, Australia
This illustrated log of the barque TERROR was completed by Henry William Downes during a whaling voyage from Sydney into the Pacific Ocean between 17 September 1846 to 17 July 1847. The TERROR was one of the many whaling ships owned by the colourful entrepreneur Benjamin Boyd, a Scottish adventurer who was one of the most significant figures in the history of whaling in early colonial Australia. It was Boyd who established the whaling base, Boyd Town, in Twofold Bay in southern New South Wales.
Details
- Title: Illustrated log of the whaling barque TERROR
- Creator: William Henry Downes
- Date: 1846 – 1847, 1846 – 1847
- Type: Journal
- Significance: This illustrated log of the TERROR is a rare surviving whaling ship record, and is written with unusual depth of detail and illustrated with views of ships, coastlines, islands, people, whale heads and diagrams. It is highly significant in the portrayal of the life and craft of early colonial Australian whalers in the Pacific. The log also refers to the owner of the TERROR, the well known entrepreneur Ben Boyd, and was written by William Henry Downes who went on to command the whaling ship LUCY ANN which inspired Herman Melville's famous novel Moby Dick.
- See institution's online collections: http://www.anmm.gov.au/collections
- Medium: Paper, ink, watercolour ink, leather
- Dimensions: 345 x 293 x 28 mm, 1.78 kg
- Credit line: ANMM Collection
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