Author: Frederick Debell Bennett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
"Herman Melville described this as one of the best works on the whale industry. Bennett was a scientist attached to this expedition. His specific assignment was to observe the anatomy and habits of southern whales, to determine the best way of conducting the sperm whale fishery industry, to investigate the islands of polynesia, and to collect examples of natural history"--Hill
Narrative of a Whaling Voyage Round the Globe, from the Year 1833 to 1836
Author: Frederick Debell Bennett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
"Herman Melville described this as one of the best works on the whale industry. Bennett was a scientist attached to this expedition. His specific assignment was to observe the anatomy and habits of southern whales, to determine the best way of conducting the sperm whale fishery industry, to investigate the islands of polynesia, and to collect examples of natural history"--Hill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
"Herman Melville described this as one of the best works on the whale industry. Bennett was a scientist attached to this expedition. His specific assignment was to observe the anatomy and habits of southern whales, to determine the best way of conducting the sperm whale fishery industry, to investigate the islands of polynesia, and to collect examples of natural history"--Hill
Narrative of a Whaling Voyage Round the Globe from the Year 1833-to 1836
Author: Frederick Debell Bennett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Appletons' Library Manual
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Appleton's Library Manual
Author: D. Appleton and Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Appleton's Library Manual
Author: D. Appleton and Co. (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Appleton's Library Manual
Author: Daniel APPLETON (AND CO.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
A Library Manual
Author: D. Appleton and Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
Narrative of a whaling voyage round the globe, from the year 1833 to 1836
Author: Frederick Debell Bennett
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 587483169X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 825
Book Description
Narrative of a whaling voyage round the globe, from the year 1833 to 1836. Comprising sketches of Polynesia, California, the Indian archipelago, etc. with an account of southern whales, the sperm whale fishery, and the natural history of the climates visited. Volume 1-2.
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 587483169X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 825
Book Description
Narrative of a whaling voyage round the globe, from the year 1833 to 1836. Comprising sketches of Polynesia, California, the Indian archipelago, etc. with an account of southern whales, the sperm whale fishery, and the natural history of the climates visited. Volume 1-2.
On the Northwest
Author: Robert Lloyd Webb
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774843152
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
On the Northwest is the first complete history of commercial whaling in the Pacific Northwest from its shadowy origins in the late 1700s to its demise in western Canada in 1967. Whaling in the eastern North Pacific represented a century and a half of exploration and exploitation which involved the entrepreneurs, merchants, politicians, and seamen of a dozen nations.
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774843152
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
On the Northwest is the first complete history of commercial whaling in the Pacific Northwest from its shadowy origins in the late 1700s to its demise in western Canada in 1967. Whaling in the eastern North Pacific represented a century and a half of exploration and exploitation which involved the entrepreneurs, merchants, politicians, and seamen of a dozen nations.
Seas and Waterways of the World [2 volumes]
Author: John Zumerchik
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1851097163
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
This is the first comprehensive encyclopedia on the history of the vast and varied ways human beings have used the world's waterways for business, protection, and recreation. Seas and Waterways of the World: An Encyclopedia of History, Uses, and Issues offers a comprehensive introduction to humanity's historical reliance on the world's seas and waterways and how that reliance continues to evolve. Over the course of two volumes, this extraordinary resource describes the world's major nautical features, the wide variety of uses for those waterways, and a number of essential issues arising from water-borne commerce. The encyclopedia marks the emergence of the aquarium, cruise, energy, fishing, insurance, mining, trade, transportation, recreation, and sport industries, and includes entries on harbors, ports, and coastal development that play a part in the economics of commercial water use. Also included is coverage of a number of significant themes such as the rise and fall of the Erie Canal as the gateway to the Midwest, and the declining popularity of the Panama Canal.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1851097163
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
This is the first comprehensive encyclopedia on the history of the vast and varied ways human beings have used the world's waterways for business, protection, and recreation. Seas and Waterways of the World: An Encyclopedia of History, Uses, and Issues offers a comprehensive introduction to humanity's historical reliance on the world's seas and waterways and how that reliance continues to evolve. Over the course of two volumes, this extraordinary resource describes the world's major nautical features, the wide variety of uses for those waterways, and a number of essential issues arising from water-borne commerce. The encyclopedia marks the emergence of the aquarium, cruise, energy, fishing, insurance, mining, trade, transportation, recreation, and sport industries, and includes entries on harbors, ports, and coastal development that play a part in the economics of commercial water use. Also included is coverage of a number of significant themes such as the rise and fall of the Erie Canal as the gateway to the Midwest, and the declining popularity of the Panama Canal.