| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 425 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
University of British Columbia Press Pacific maritime studies ; 6 |
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Pacific maritime studies series ; 6.
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| Contents |
Below Eagle town -- Cruising over the ground -- Ominous visitations -- Glancing blows -- Warring on whales -- Skytteren -- Consolidated whaling -- In the meat business -- Appendices: The journal of the Caroline on the Northwest coast, September 1843 -- The Rose Harbour whaling station, 1928 |
| Summary |
History of commercial whaling in the Pacific Northwest, primarily in the coastal waters of Washington, British Columbia, and southeastern Alaska, from its shadowy origins in the late 1700s to its demise in western Canada in 1967. Focuses on working lives of the seaman and is illustrated with paintings, prints, and photographs, and a complete transcript of one whaleman's journal |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Whaling -- Northwest Coast of North America -- History
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Whaling -- British Columbia -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Whaling
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Walfang
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Geschichte
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British Columbia
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North America -- Northwest Coast of North America
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Amerika -- Nordwest
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Pazifikküste
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780774854948 |
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0774854944 |
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