Author: Thomas BealePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
A few observations on the natural history of the sperm whale
Author: Thomas BealeA few observations on the natural history of the sperm whale, with an account of the rise and progress of the fishery, and of the modes of pursuing, killing, and cutting in that animal, with a list of its favorite places of resort
Author: Thomas Beale (d.1849)Publisher:
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Category : Sperm Whale
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A Few Observations on the Natural History of the Sperm Whale: with an account of the rise and progress of the fishery, etc
Author: Thomas BEALE (Surgeon.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
A Few Observations on the Natural History of the Sperm Whale, with an Account of the Rise and Progress of the Fishery, and of the Modes of Pursuing, Killing, and "cutting In" that Animal, with a List of Its Favorite Places of Resort. By Thomas Beale, Surgeon, Demonstrator of Anatomy to the Eclectic Society of London; Assistant Surgeon to St. John's British Hospital; and Medical Assistant to the Royal Humane Society
Author: A Few Observations on the Natural History of the Sperm Whale
Author: Thomas Beale (surgeon)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sperm whale
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
The Magazine of Naturel History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, and Meteorology
Author: The Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology and meteorology
Author: The Unnatural History of the Sea
Author: Callum RobertsPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1597265772
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 615
Book Description
Humanity can make short work of the oceans’ creatures. In 1741, hungry explorers discovered herds of Steller’s sea cow in the Bering Strait, and in less than thirty years, the amiable beast had been harpooned into extinction. It’s a classic story, but a key fact is often omitted. Bering Island was the last redoubt of a species that had been decimated by hunting and habitat loss years before the explorers set sail. As Callum M. Roberts reveals in The Unnatural History of the Sea, the oceans’ bounty didn’t disappear overnight. While today’s fishing industry is ruthlessly efficient, intense exploitation began not in the modern era, or even with the dawn of industrialization, but in the eleventh century in medieval Europe. Roberts explores this long and colorful history of commercial fishing, taking readers around the world and through the centuries to witness the transformation of the seas. Drawing on firsthand accounts of early explorers, pirates, merchants, fishers, and travelers, the book recreates the oceans of the past: waters teeming with whales, sea lions, sea otters, turtles, and giant fish. The abundance of marine life described by fifteenth century seafarers is almost unimaginable today, but Roberts both brings it alive and artfully traces its depletion. Collapsing fisheries, he shows, are simply the latest chapter in a long history of unfettered commercialization of the seas. The story does not end with an empty ocean. Instead, Roberts describes how we might restore the splendor and prosperity of the seas through smarter management of our resources and some simple restraint. From the coasts of Florida to New Zealand, marine reserves have fostered spectacular recovery of plants and animals to levels not seen in a century. They prove that history need not repeat itself: we can leave the oceans richer than we found them.
A Few Observations on the Natural History of the Few Sperm Whale
Author: Thomas BealeThe Natural History of the Sperm Whale
Author: Thomas BealePublisher:
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Category : Authors' presentation copies
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
... Embracing a description of the extent, as well as the adventures and accidents that occurred during the voyage in which the author was personally engaged.