Whale Ships and Whaling - A Pictorial History

Over 200 vintage engravings, drawings, and photographs depict a magnificent fleet of barks, brigs, cutters, and other whaling vessels. Also harpoons, lances, whaling guns, and many other artifacts. Comprehensive text by foremost authority.

Table des matières

"MODEL OF THE WHALER "DEBORAH GIFFORD" OF NEW BEDFORD"
PREFACE
"INTRODUCTION BY FRANK WOOD, CURATOR OF THE BOURNE WHALING MUSEUM, NEW BEDFORD"
THE WHALE FISHERY IN COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND
WHALE SHIPS AND WHALING; A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF WHALING DURING THREE CENTURIES
WHALING VESSELS
"THE WHALER "CHARLES W. MORGAN" OF NEW BEDFORD"
WHALES AND WHALING
JONAH AND THE WHALE
INDEX

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: George Francis Dow
• Edition: Dover Publications Inc.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.02.1985
• EAN: 9780486248080
• ISBN: 978-0-486-24808-0
• Pages: 241
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Thèmes: Dover Pictorial Archives; Dover Maritime; Dover Pictorial Archives
• Catégories: Livres de conseils > Véhicules, avions, bateaux, conquête spatiale > Bateaux; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Photographie, cinéma, vidéo, TV