Author: Henry Theodore CheeverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Offshore whaling
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
The Whaleman's Adventures in the Southern Ocean
Author: Henry Theodore CheeverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Offshore whaling
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
The Whaleman's Adventures in the Southern Ocean; as Gathered, by the Rev. H. T. Cheever, on the Homeward Cruise of the “Commodore Preble.” Edited by the Rev. W. Scoresby. [With Plates.]
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Author: Henry Theodore CHEEVERPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
The Whale and His Captors; Or, The Whaleman's Adventures
Author: Henry T. CheeverPublisher: Brandeis University Press
ISBN: 1512602655
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
An authoritative new edition of a lost source of Melville's Moby-Dick
The Whale and His Captors, Or, The Whaleman's Adventures and the Whale's Biography
Author: Henry Theodore CheeverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Whales
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands
Author: Max QuanchiPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810865289
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The South Seas, as this region used to be called, conjured up images of adventure, belles and savages, romance and fabulous fortunes, but the long voyages of discovery and exploration of the vast Pacific Ocean were really an exercise in amazing logistics, navigation, hard grit, shipwreck and pure luck. The motivations were scientific and geographic, but at the same time nationalistic and materialistic. A series on global exploration and discovery would not be complete without this book by Quanchi and Robson. It is ambitious and informative and includes the familiar names of Laperouse, Bougainville, Cook and Dampier, as well as the intriguing stories of the Bounty Mutiny, scurvy, and the mysterious Northwest Passage, Terra Australis Ignotia and Davis Land. There are entries on first contacts, ships, navigational instruments, mapping, and botany. The scene is carefully set in the introduction, the chronology spans several centuries, and the extensive bibliography offers a guide to further reading. There are more than just dry facts in this book. It has a whiff of salt air, the clash of empires, cross-cultural beach encounters and personal adventure.
Traditions of London, Historical and Legendary
Author: William RussellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
On the Northwest
Author: Robert Lloyd WebbPublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774843152
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
On the Northwest is the first complete history of commercial whaling in the Pacific Northwest from its shadowy origins in the late 1700s to its demise in western Canada in 1967. Whaling in the eastern North Pacific represented a century and a half of exploration and exploitation which involved the entrepreneurs, merchants, politicians, and seamen of a dozen nations.
The Flying Horse
Author: A Whaling Voyage in the Bark "Willis", 1849-1850
Author: Samuel MilletPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Offshore whaling
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
A Collection of Books, Pamphlets, Log Books, Pictures, Etc., Illustrating Whales and the Whale Fishery
Author: Free Public Library (New Bedford, Mass.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Whales
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description