[“Albion” South Sea Whaler.

Fine etching by the maritime historian and etcher of the Albion a South Sea whaler, a fully rigged whaler built at Deptford, England, and launched in 1798. She made five whaling voyages to the seas, Australia and New Zealand. On her first voyage, Albion, Eber Bunker, master, left Britain on 20 February 1799, bound for New South Wales and arrived in Port Jackson (Sydney), on 29 June 1799, with a cargo of salted pork after a voyage of 3 months and 15 days.

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National Gallery Australia: Bib ID 591855