"The Grand Panorama of a Whaling Voyage ‘Round the World" Roll 2, Section 22/44

[ The Grand Panorama of a Whaling Voyage ‘Round the World is viewed from right to left ]

A British naval frigate and other shipping including the official ferry boats employed to carry shipboard officers to the Custom House to register their cargos or on other official business.

Small craft in the harbor at Rio de Janeiro including small ferries carrying people from ship to shore and vice versa. Note also the two American ships tied up side by side. These probably represent the bark Yeoman of Plymouth and the bark Sarah & Esther of Greenport, which had been seized by Brazilian authorities in 1847 for alleged trade infractions.