Searsport Sea Captains

Mary Ann Park Pendleton was the daughter of James Ridley Park and Nancy Curtis Park. Her date of birth is unknown, but she was lost at sea with her husband, Captain Benjamin Coombs Pendleton, and three of her four sons on an 1888 voyage from Hong Kong to Callao, Peru. The bark Abbie Carver was Captain Pendleton's first command. The vessel disappeared and was never heard from again. One son, Clarence Isaac, had remained at home to go to school.

The Society Islands are a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, part of French Polynesia. They were named by Captain James Cook. The most well known of these islands is Tahiti.

This image is from Hammond's Unabridged Atlas & Gazeteer of the World, published by C. S. Hammond & Co., Inc., New York, 1924, page 91. (Collections of Penobscot Marine Museum)

Sakhalin Island is a large island in the North Pacific Ocean, just north of Japan and close to the eastern coast of Russa. It is owned by Russia, but has historically been the subject of territorial disputes between Russia and Japan.

This image is from Hammond's Unabridged Atlas & Gazeteer of the World, published by C. S. Hammond, New York, 1924. (Collections of Penobscot Marine Museum)

This painting of the bark Abbie Carver is in a private collection and was done c. 1875 by Maine artist William P. Stubbs.

This drawing of a bosun's chair is from the Ashley Book of Knots, by Clifford W. Ashley, published by Faber & Faber Ltd., London, 1946, page 74. (From the collections of Penobscot Marine Museum)

Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is an Italian autonomous region and lies just off the southernmost tip of Italy. This image is from Hammond's Unabridged Atlas & Gazeteer of the World, published by C. S. Hammond & Co., Inc., New York, 1924. (Collections of Penobscot Marine Museum)

The Adriatic Sea is the body of water separating Italy from the Balkan peninsula, which includes the present-day countries of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro and Slovenia. The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea. This image is from Hammond's Unabridged Atlas & Gazeteer of the World, published by C. S. Hammond & Co., Inc., New York, 1924, page 50. (Collections of Penobscot Marine Museum)

The Strait of Gibraltar lies between Spain and Gibraltar in Europe and Morocco in Africa. It connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. The Strait is 7.7 miles wide at its narrowest point. This image is from Hammond's Unabridged Atlas & Gazeteer of the World, published by C. S. Hammond & Co., Inc., New York, 1924, page 42. (Collections of Penobscot Marine Museum)