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One of the finest, most colorful and definitive studies of whaling ever published. Describes whaling trade, rigging, gear and handicrafts; construction and outfitting of ships, with fascinating details and anecdotes about whales and whaling waters, whaling men, methods of attack, crafts and routines, and much more.
НазваниеThe Yankee whaler
Автор
Clifford W. Ashley (author)
Robert Cushman Murphy (author of introduction)
Zephaniah Pease (author of preface)
Место публикацииNew York
ИздательDover
Год выпуска1991
Нумерация страницxxviii, 166 p.
ИллюстрацииIllus., black and white photographs, black and white drawings.
Размерность16.4 x 23.5 cm
Материалbook
SH381 .A8 1991
ISBN0-486-26854-3
ПримечанияInternational Guild of Knot Tyers Collection.
Unabridged Dover republication of the 1942 edition, including the foreword to second edition, epilogue, and revised ending to the last chapter.
Unabridged Dover republication of the 1942 edition, including the foreword to second edition, epilogue, and revised ending to the last chapter.
Темаwhaling, whales
Географические ключевые словаNorth America, United States