Clifford W Ashley

The Yankee Whaler

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dover Publications
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 166mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780486268545
• ISBN-10: 0486268543
• Artikelnr.: 21701704

Inhaltsangabe

"INTRODUCTION
by Robert Cushman Murphy
D.Sc." "A PREFACE TO THE PICTURES
by Zephaniah W. Pease" I. THE BLUBBER-HUNTERS II. "THE BLUBBER-HUNTERS
Concluded" III. THE GREENLAND FISHERY IV. "CAPE COD
LONG ISLAND
AND NANTUCKET" V. NEW BEDFORD VI. THE WHALER VII. THE WHALEBOAT VIII. THE WHALE IX. GEAR AND CRAFT X. WHALEMAN XI. SCRIMSHAW XII. THE LAST DAYS OF WHALING EPILOGUE A GLOSSARY OF WHALING TERMS A LIST OF BOOKS CONCERNING WHALES AND WHALING INDEX