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Pages: 287
Authors: Jane M Clayton
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A reference book listing almost 600 whale ships employed in the Southern Fishery from Britain for the first forty years of that industry. A snapshots of the 'li
Shipowners investing in the South Sea Whale Fishery from Britain: 1775-1815
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Pages: 176
Authors: Jane M. Clayton and Charles A. Clayton
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A reference book providing a snapshot of the life histories of more than fifty shipowners investing in the South Sea Whale Fishery over a forty year period. It
A Game of Chance
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It’s almost impossible to imagine spending eight months at sea “without once putting foot on land.” But that’s exactly what whalers experienced when pla
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The remarkable story of how a handful of intrepid scientific navigators underpinned British naval dominance in the conflict with Napoleon During the Napoleonic
The Giant Squid in Transatlantic Culture
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This book builds upon the extensive study of the historical relationship between sea animals and humans in transatlantic culture during the eighteenth and ninet