Whalemen spent years crossing oceans hunting leviathans. The illustrated journals they left behind tell us how they lived — and very nearly died. After long hours spent hunting their prey at sea, ...
New Bedford is proud of its rich history as a whaling port and of the brave men who left their families and the security of dry land for the perils of hunting the mighty whale on the open ocean. But ...
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The New Bedford Whaling Museum will host a screening of the documentary "The Last Azorean Whalemen." The film, created by Nick Francis and Luís Filipe Dias, focuses on the experiences of former ...
The making of “The Last Azorean Whalemen” documentary in Pico and Faial Luís Filipe Dias, at center, interviews former Azorean whaler Manuel Homem da Silva with cinematographer Joe Mauro, at left, ...
York County native Michael Dyer's “The Art of the Yankee Whale Hunt: Manuscript Illustration in the Age of Sail" is a voyage into the olden days of whaling, when hardened men clambered into small ...
Whalemen in the 1800s created scrimshaw, which helped them muse over thrilling adventures at sea. The history of scrimshaw resurfaces in new exhibit The history of a largely lost folk art form is ...
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