| Description |
192 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, plans, portraits ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Early whaling -- Spitzbergen -- American beginnings: Dutch supremacy -- Wary Expansion 1712-83 -- British boom 1783-1812 -- American expansion: British decline -- Great days of American whaling -- Birth of modern whaling -- Antarctic boom -- Death of the whale |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [188]-190 |
| Subject |
Whaling -- History.
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| LC no. |
81112919 |
| ISBN |
085177167X |
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