Description |
192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [188]-190) and index. |
Contents |
Early whaling -- Spitsbergen -- American beginnings : Dutch supremacy -- Wary expansion 1712-83 -- The British boom 1783-1812 -- American expansion : British decline -- The great days of American whaling -- The birth of modern whaling -- The Antarctic boom -- The death of the whale. |
Subject |
Whaling -- History.
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Note |
Title from jacket flap: Harpooned : the story of whaling |
Added Title |
Harpooned |
ISBN |
0517311577 |
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9780517311578 |
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