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Charles-W-Morgan portrait

Mike Vogel: The Light from the Whale

The Charles W. Morgan still exists. So does the 1833 Buffalo Lighthouse that once burned oils brought back by America’s whaling fleet. Its keeper tells the tale.

Julian Grace's descendants

Visitors: Relatives relish chance to imagine Cape Verdean’s 1921 voyage

Julian Grace had filled in as the ship’s cook for a one-way trip. Ahead of him was a new life. Behind him were the Cape Verde Islands.

Jan Ferguson pg. 1

Jan Ferguson: Voyage Journal

"My imagination really came alive as I felt the deck under my bare feet. " A Voyager and museum curator writes about sailing on the Morgan.

Cristina Baptista in New Bedford 7/8/14

Cristina J. Baptista: Living History Interview

"I’ve become a time-traveler and indulged a childhood fantasy to sail on an old ship. I’ve managed to give voice to ancestors I did not know existed and could not imagine before this. I’ve seen another lifetime, and now I’m able to talk about it."

Cristine J. Baptista. Taking Her Back

Cristina J. Baptista: Taking Her Back

A Portuguese-American poet explores ancestry, heritage, history, and self in 78 poems inspired by the Morgan.

Ger Tysk: Nothing but an Island

A new book with original photography from travels including the 38th Voyage.

Ger Tysk: John Manjiro

Ger Tysk: Drifting Toward the Southeast

John Manjiro, the opening of Japan, and the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan

Lesley Walker Signals Quarterly cover

Lesley Walker: In the Wake of A Whaleship

Her great-great-grandparents depended on New Bedford whalers to survive on a Pacific island. On the 38th Voyage she comes to New Bedford.

“Native boys of King Island, Dancing, Behring Sea,” Group of sailors, native children and women on board the Thetis [circa 1899-1916].

Paul Krejci: Music Aboard the Charles W. Morgan and other 19th-Century Whaling Ships, Then and Now

An ethnomusicologist explores the changing roles of music on board whalers.