The Story of the New England Whalers PDF Download

Author: John Randolph Spears
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ISBN: 9781357304638
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Languages : en
Pages : 448

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Author: State Street Trust Company, Boston
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ISBN:
Category : Whaling
Languages : en
Pages : 74

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Author: Glover Morrill Allen
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Category : Cetacea
Languages : en
Pages : 266

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Author: State Street Trust Company (Boston, Mass.)
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Category : Whaling
Languages : en
Pages : 70

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Author: R. Conrad Stein
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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The history of whaling in New England from the early eighteenth century to its decline when oil was discovered in mid-nineteenth century.

Author: Carol Carson
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ISBN: 9780990716204
Category : Humpback whale
Languages : en
Pages : 30

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This book is about Salt, the most famous humpback whale that lives and feeds in the waters off Cape Cod. Through the eyes of Salt, readers learn about the biology of humpback whales and the other baleen whales that come to feed in the waters of New England. Salt is a baleen whale that filters over 1 ton of large krill or small baitfish out of the water each day. This book describes how baleen, made from a protein called keratin, grows down from the gum line of the upper jaw and creates a hairy mat inside the whale's mouth. As a whale lunges mouth open, engulfing seawater and small baitfish, the whale will then close its mouth and begin to strain or push the water back out. Saltwater can pass through the hairy mat inside the mouth, but the fish become trapped inside. Next the whale swallows its food whole. Readers also learn about Salt's life and her 13 calves. Each have received a name in honor of their famous mom. By watching Salt and her offspring, scientists have learned that humpback moms have a single calf every few years. The calf stays with mom for a year, but it will return to the same feeding area when a juvenile and then as an adult. Also discussed are current research techniques being conducted on humpback whales. Much of the research is focused on a benign technique called photo-identification, where natural body markings and features are photographed and used to create catalogs of known individuals. Known individual humpbacks are then tracked over the course of a season or from one season to the next. Readers also learn about the many hazards facing our oceans and all marine wildlife that call the ocean home. Marine hazards include, overfishing, climate change, marine debris, and collisions with vessels. Positive actions that people can take to help protect the oceans, whales, and all marine animals includes, reducing, reusing, and recycling, as well as reading about marine wildlife and participating in conservation activities like beach cleanups.

Author: Glover Morrill Allen
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Category : Whales
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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Author: Various
Publisher: DigiCat
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Whale Fishery of New England" by Various. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author: John Randolph Spears
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230218441
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... SKETCHES AFLOAT WITH THE WHALERS THAT the original deep-water whaling vessels were manned by the men who had built and owned them has already been noted. On the return of such a ship to port the crew received lays or shares, in proportion to the work each had done, and then the remainder of the catch was divided in proportion to the share each owned in the ship. When oil was at its lowest such a crew could live by their fishing, and when it was high they might grow rich. The energetic and ambitious poor man never had a better chance to get on in the world than in the early days of the American whale fishery. Naturally the ambitious poor flocked to the whaling ports, and the population of those ports grew in more ways than one with the growth of the fishery. Thus the ships were then supplied with excellent crews. Later it was necessary for the captains to reach out to the near-by towns to complete their crews. "Captain Isaiah West, now eighty-six years of age, tells me that he remembers when he picked his crew within a radius of sixty miles of New Bedford; that oftentimes he was acquainted, either personally or through report, with the social standing or business standing and qualifications of every man on his vessel, and also that he remembers the first foreigner, an Irishman, that shipped with him, the circumstance being commented upon at that time as being a remarkable one." (James Templeman Brown.) Later still neither the whaling ports nor the near-by towns could furnish men, and the whaler captains perforce applied to the crimps (men who made a business of supplying crews to ships) of all the Atlantic ports for men. They sailed short-handed and touched at the Azores or the Cape de Verdes for Portuguese sailors, all of whom were...

Author: Mark Foster
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547529392
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 69

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Long before the invention of electricity or the discovery of underground reservoirs of fossil fuels, people depended on whale oil to keep their lamps lit. A few brave Colonial farmers left their fields and headed out to sea to chase whales and profits farther and farther off shore. When they did, towns sprung up around their harbors as demand grew for sailors, blacksmiths, ropewalkers, and the many other craftsmen needed to support the growing whaling industry. Through the fictional village of Tuckanucket, Whale Port explores the history of these towns. Detailed illustrations and an informative narrative reveal the way Tuckanucket’s citizens lived and worked by sharing the personal stories of people like Zachariah Taber, his family and neighbors, and the place they called home. Whale Port is also the story of America, and the important role whales played in its history and development as people worked together to build communities that not only survived, but prospered and grew into the flourishing cities of a new nation.