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Call of the sea chapter 15/25/2023 station in the whaling trade Where did shipowners and merchants live? Pleasant Street (set back on the hill, farthest from the clamor and stench of the wharves) or Main Street Where did captains live? Orange Street (best view of the harbor) Where did mates live? Union Street (the foot of the hill in the actual shadow of the homes they aspired one day to own" What days did the Quakers meet? Thursday and Sunday townor Wampanoag word meaning that the whale has been sighted for a second time T/F: there was rumored to be a secret society of young women on the island whose members pledged to marry only men who had already killed a whale true What did boatsteerers wear to help young women identify them as hunters? chockpins (small oak pins used to keep the harpoon line in the bow groove of a whaleboat) What type of person was considered to be the most eligible of Nantucket bachelors? a boatsteerer (superb athlete with prospect of lucrative captaincies) How many fatherless children were on Nantucket in 1810? 47 What was the average age of marriage for women? 23 Where were Nickerson's parents buried? Old North Burial Ground When did Nickerson's father die? Novemage 33 How many siblings did Nickerson have? 4 How old was Nickerson's mother when she died? 28 Who raised Nickerson? his grandparents Many of the island's women had developed an addiction to _. sperm whale was faster and more agile than the white whale How long were normal whaleship voyages? 2 to 3 years Where and when was Thomas Nickerson born? Harwich, 1805 Who forbade the establishment of a church on Nantucket in the seventeenth century? Marry Coffin Starbuck Who was the first English couple to be married on the island? Mary Coffin and Nathaniel Starbuck 1662 Which charismatic Quaker minister converted Mary Starbuck to Quakerism? John Richardson What established the unique fusion of spirituality and covetousness that would make possible Nantucket's rise as a whaling port? Mary Starbuck's conversion to Quakerism Quakers members of the Society of Friends depended on their own experience of God's presence, the "Inner Light," for guidance rather than relying on a Puritan minister's interpretation of Scripture Who was Thomas Nickerson's mother? Rebecca Gibson Who was Thomas Nickerson's father? Where was he from? Thomas Nickerson Cape Cod What did Nantucketers call off-islanders? strangers, coofs Where a person lived in Nantucket depended on his _. ![]() block-shaped head of sperm whale contained a vast reservoir of spermaceti the oil derived from a sperm whale's blubber was far superior to that of the right whale, providing a brighter and cleaner-burning light true Who was the Essex's previous captain? Daniel Russell What new ship was Daniel Russell captain of? the Aurora What strange sign appeared in the sky as the Essex was being repaired and outfitted in July? a comet Where did Obed Macy live? Pleasant Street What newspaper did Nantucketers read? the New Bedford Mercury What had been sighted up and down the New England coast the spring and summer of 1819? "an extraordinary sea animal" - a serpent with black, horselike eyes and a fifty-foot body resembling a string of barrels floating on the water What does Nantucket mean? "faraway land" in the language of the Wampanoag What was the name of the island's native inhabitants? the Wampanoag In what year did English settlers begin to arrive on Nantucket? 1659 What kind of whale was "the right whale to kill?" right whale Who instructed the Nantucketers in the art of killing whales? Cape Codder Ichabod Paddock Who discovered sperm whales, and when? Captain Hussey 1712 List differences between the right whale and the sperm whale -unlike a right whale's vertical spout, a sperm whale's spout arched forward true Who was Nantucket's distinguished historian? Edouard Stackpole How many people lived on Nantucket? about 7,000 How many wharves did Nantucket have? 4 What were the names of Nickerson's three friends who were also on the Essex? Barzillai Ray, Owen Coffin, Charles Ramsdell Who was George Pollard, Jr.'s cousin? Owen Coffin How long was the Essex? 87 feet long T/F: The Essex had a reputation on Nantucket as a lucky ship. ![]() How old was Nickerson at the beginning of the voyage? 14 T/F: Nickerson was orphaned before he was two.
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