| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xv, 542 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [506]-527) and index. |
| Contents |
The quarry -- Man meets whale -- The later history of early whaling -- Inshore whaling -- The sperm whale fishery -- Right and gray whaling -- The heavy artillery -- Aboriginal whaling -- Whaling outside the Antarctic -- Antarctic fortunes -- The beginning of the end -- The anti-whaling movement -- After the moratorium. |
| Subject |
Whaling -- History.
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Whales.
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| ISBN |
0394558391: $40.00 (U.S.A.) ($53.50 Can.) |
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