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- ↑ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (2014). Sailing Directions (Enroute): East Coast of Russia. U.S. Government, Springfield, Virginia.
- ↑ Lexington, of Nantucket, Sep. 14, 1854, Nantucket Historical Association; Cicero, of New Bedford, Sep. 19, 1862, Kendall Whaling Museum (KWM).
- ↑ Storfursten Constantin, of Helsinki, October 1858 and summer 1859. In Lindholm, O. V., Haes, T. A., & Tyrtoff, D. N. (2008). Beyond the frontiers of imperial Russia: From the memoirs of Otto W. Lindholm. Javea, Spain: A. de Haes OWL Publishing.
- ↑ Storfursten Constantin, of Helsinki, October 1859 and October 1860. In Lindholm, O. V., Haes, T. A., & Tyrtoff, D. N. (2008). Beyond the frontiers of imperial Russia: From the memoirs of Otto W. Lindholm. Javea, Spain: A. de Haes OWL Publishing.
- ↑ Josephine, of New Bedford, June 27–29, 1864, KWM; Java, of New Bedford, June 6–8, 1865, KWM.
Coordinates: 55°38′N136°46′E / 55.633°N 136.767°E
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