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Clifford Ashley, Clifford W. Ashley

Yankee Whaler

English · Paperback / Softback

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Description

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

Product details

Authors	Clifford Ashley, Clifford W. Ashley
Publisher	Dover Publications Inc.

Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	27.04.1992

EAN	9780486268545
ISBN	978-0-486-26854-5
No. of pages	320
Series	Dover Maritime Dover Maritime
Subjects	Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Ships Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food

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