Yankee Whaler

Klappentext One of the finest, most colorful and definitive studies of whaling ever published. Construction and outfitting of ships, crafts and routines, hunting methods, much more. 133 halftones. 17 line illustrations. Introduction. Inhaltsverzeichnis "INTRODUCTION, by Robert Cushman Murphy, D.Sc.""A PREFACE TO THE PICTURES, by Zephaniah W. Pease"I. THE BLUBBER-HUNTERSII. "THE BLUBBER-HUNTERS, Concluded"III. THE GREENLAND FISHERYIV. "CAPE COD, LONG ISLAND, AND NANTUCKET"V. NEW BEDFORDVI. THE WHALERVII. THE WHALEBOATVIII. THE WHALEIX. GEAR AND CRAFTX. WHALEMANXI. SCRIMSHAWXII. THE LAST DAYS OF WHALINGEPILOGUEA GLOSSARY OF WHALING TERMSA LIST OF BOOKS CONCERNING WHALES AND WHALINGINDEX

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• Autoren: Clifford Ashley, Clifford W. Ashley
• Verlag: Dover Publications Inc.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 27.04.1992
• EAN: 9780486268545
• ISBN: 978-0-486-26854-5
• Seiten: 320
• Serien: Dover Maritime; Dover Maritime
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie > Landwirtschaft, Gartenbau; Forstwirtschaft, Fischerei, Ernährung; Ratgeber > Fahrzeuge, Flugzeuge, Schiffe, Raumfahrt > Schiffe