A six-year-old girl goes on a three-year-whaling voyage. In 1868.

[Snagg]

Her hand-written journal, recently discovered. Scanned and posted on the Web. Fascinating stuff...

http://www.girlonawhaleship.org/jernapp/journal.do

[Chez moi]

Thanks for this, Snagg. It's a lovely little piece of history, and the reading is excellent. Journals can be so interesting.