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The Seizure of the whaleship George Howland of New Bedford, by Convicts at Charles Island, Galapagos, March 1852

Contents

Part 1. Background: The ship, the cooper and the island.

Part 2. First notices of capture and convicts depredations.

Part 3. American Consul's communications to the United States.

Part 4. William B. Peacock's letter to New Bedford.

Part 5. Notices in Honolulu and San Francisco

Part 6. Captain Cromwell's letter to Mathew Howland

Part 7. Rescue of part of crew from Albemarle Island, Galapagos

Part 8. Return of the George Howland to New Bedford.

Part 9. — Fifty years later – A Famous Old Whaler

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