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Pages : 424
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Return to an order dated 21 June 1843
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Pages : 424
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Return to an Order ... Dated 16 November 1852
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Pages : 414
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Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
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Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 584
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The Diary of William Mackenzie
Author: William MackenziePublisher: Thomas Telford
ISBN: 9780727728302
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 642
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The diary that Mackenzie kept during the height of his career has been transcripted, documenting his daily life and detailing his business travels. It presents a record of his life and work affording insights for economic, social and engineering historians.
A Copy of any communications in relation to the ?? of the Government of British India with Idolatry or with Mahometanism
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Languages : en
Pages : 580
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Report of the Commissioner for ...
Author: United States Fish CommissionPublisher:
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Category : Fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
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History of the American Whale Fishery from its Earliest Inception to the Year 1876
Author: Alexander StarbuckPublisher:
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 794
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A Game of Chance
Author: Andrea KirkpatrickPublisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039158633
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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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 playing the dangerous “game of chance,” hunting down leviathans for oil and bone—all for a “lay,” or share, of the vessel’s spoils. A Game of Chance is the first comprehensive, in-depth study of British North American South Seas whaling. Author Andrea Kirkpatrick takes readers on a series of fascinating and sometimes fantastical journeys as she chronicles in great detail the story of a largely forgotten industry that operated out of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick ports from the 1760s to 1850. Kirkpatrick plumbed the depths of myriad logbooks and journals to piece together the often-murky tales of an astonishing number of ships. In this treatise covering a century of whaling, she shares details such as ownership, tonnage, voyages, captains’ pedigrees, and names of crewmen, including nascent whaler Herman Melville, author of Moby-Dick. Hoping for “greasy luck,” the men who manned these ships found both camaraderie and competition as they hunted the world’s whaling grounds from Cape Horn to Kamchatka, many circumnavigating the globe during their careers. They battled squalls and high seas, scurvy and venereal disease, heartbreak and homesickness—and sometimes each other. Many never returned home, their bodies committed to the deep or buried on foreign land. Written in two parts—landward and seaward—Kirkpatrick’s clear prose and adoption of whaling lingua franca brings this high-risk venture to the fore with authenticity, newly revealed facts, and remarkable stories of adventure.
Reports from Select Committees of the House of Lords and Evidence
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of LordsPublisher:
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Pages : 472
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