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History Detective: Who was Southampton Whaling Captain Austin Herrick? With Eric Woodward

Connor Flanagan
Jun 15, 2021
1 min read

Updated: Feb 7, 2024

Last week Eric Woodward joined us live on zoom to talk about the work he had done researching the life of Southampton Whaling Captain, Austin Herrick. Below is the recording of that talk, hope you all enjoy!

If you have not had a chance you can see all of Eric's research here!

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