Southeastern Massachusetts and the Azores share deep historical and cultural ties. Observations recorded in whaling logbooks provide valuable insight into these connections. This webinar, featuring guest speaker Robert Rocha of the New Bedford Whaling Museum, explores primary source data from these logbooks to reveal what whalers saw as they sailed from New Bedford, past Nantucket, through Nantucket Sound, and eastward to the Azores. Many of the marine animals documented on these voyages would have also been seen in Nantucket Sound, highlighting the region’s rich biodiversity and ecological link to the Azores
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