Author: Edmund FanningPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Voyages to the South Seas, Indian and Pacific Oceans, China Sea, North-west Coast, Feejee Islands, South Shetlands, &c. ...
Author: Edmund FanningPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Voyages to the South Seas, Indian and Pacific Oceans, China Sea, North-west Coast, Feejee Islands, South Shetlands, &c. ...
Author: Edmund FanningPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of Congress
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Seal Fisheries of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies
Author: Anthony B. DickinsonPublisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1786949024
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This study offers a chronological history of seal fishing in the Falkland Islands and Dependencies from the eighteenth century to the early twenty-first. It concerns the fluctuating seal population due to sealing; the Atlantic and global demand for seal fur and oil; the competition between American, British, and Canadian sealers over the territory’s seal stocks; and the attempts by various ruling governments to prioritise domestic sealing, maintain sufficient seal stocks, and continue to make profit. It is comprised of nine chapters, the first and last chapters of which serve as introduction and conclusion. The study also includes eight appendices presenting tabled statistics, and a select bibliography. The appendices concern seal skin imports into London; vessel details at Puerto Soledad; the value and amount of seal products exported from the Falklands; Canadian sealing vessels entering Port Stanley; seal catch and oil yield in South Georgia; South Georgian seal catch summaries; South Georgian commercial catches by sealing division; and marine mammal products landed in the Newfoundland fisheries region.
Paul Jones, His Exploits in English Seas During 1778-1780
Author: Don Carlos SeitzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Additions Made to the Library of Congress, Since the First Day of December, 1851
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Paul Jones
Author: Don Carlos SeitzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Encyclopedia of American Literature of the Sea and Great Lakes
Author: Jill B. GidmarkPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1567507700
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 565
Book Description
The sea and Great Lakes have inspired American authors from colonial times to the present to produce enduring literary works. This reference is a comprehensive survey of American sea literature. The scope of the encyclopedia ranges from the earliest printed matter produced in the colonies to contemporary experiments in published prose, poetry, and drama. The book also acknowledges how literature gives rise to adaptations and resonances in music and film and includes coverage of nonliterary topics that have nonetheless shaped American literature of the sea and Great Lakes. The alphabetical arrangement of the reference facilitates access to facts about major literary works, characters, authors, themes, vessels, places, and ideas that are central to American sea literature. Each of the several hundred entries is written by an expert contributor and many provide bibliographical information. While the encyclopedia includes entries for white male canonical writers such as Herman Melville and Jack London, it also gives considerable attention to women at sea and to ethnically diverse authors, works, and themes. The volume concludes with a chronology and a list of works for further reading.
Voyages to the South Seas, Indian and Pacific Oceans, China Sea, Northwest Coast, Feejee Islands, South Shetlands, &, &.
Author: Edmund FanningPublisher: Fairfield, Wash. : Ye Galleon Press
ISBN:
Category : Oceania
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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.