Girl on a Whaleship - Before the Voyage: Hiring Whalemen

The Story of Whaling
> Before the Voyage
- Before the Voyage
- The Voyage
- After the Voyage
> Hiring Whalemen
- Introduction
- A Whaling Town
- Preparing the Ship
- Hiring Whalemen
- All Aboard

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The Captain

Whaling captains, who had strict authority over their vessels at sea, answered to the owners in port. Captain Jernegan rose to his command position in the same way as most other whaling captains from the region. He came from a well-connected, white Massachusetts family and went to sea as a young teenager, quickly learning the skills of "working a ship."

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