Author: Francis Ludlow Holt
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Category : Maritime law
Languages : en
Pages : 638
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A System of the Shipping and Navigation Laws of Great Britain
Author: Francis Ludlow Holt
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Category : Maritime law
Languages : en
Pages : 638
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Category : Maritime law
Languages : en
Pages : 638
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A Game of Chance
Author: Andrea Kirkpatrick
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 103915865X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
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.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 103915865X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
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.
Marine Review and Marine Record
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Category : Marine engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Includes section "Book Reviews".
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Category : Marine engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Includes section "Book Reviews".
Complet Set of Nautical
Author: J. W. Norie
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Federal Decisions: Maritime law
Author: United States. Courts
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1248
Book Description
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1248
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Reports of Cases Relating to Maritime Law
Author: Great Britain. Courts
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 648
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Author: Hugh Chisholm
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 2216
Book Description
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 2216
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Sainte-Claire Deville-Shuttle
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
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"The last great work of the age of reason, the final instance when all human knowledge could be presented with a single point of view ... Unabashed optimism, and unabashed racism, pervades many entries in the 11th, and provide its defining characteristics ... Despite its occasional ugliness, the reputation of the 11th persists today because of the staggering depth of knowledge contained with its volumes. It is especially strong in its biographical entries. These delve deeply into the history of men and women prominent in their eras who have since been largely forgotten - except by the historians, scholars"-- The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2012/apr/10/encyclopedia-britannica-11th-edition.
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
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"The last great work of the age of reason, the final instance when all human knowledge could be presented with a single point of view ... Unabashed optimism, and unabashed racism, pervades many entries in the 11th, and provide its defining characteristics ... Despite its occasional ugliness, the reputation of the 11th persists today because of the staggering depth of knowledge contained with its volumes. It is especially strong in its biographical entries. These delve deeply into the history of men and women prominent in their eras who have since been largely forgotten - except by the historians, scholars"-- The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2012/apr/10/encyclopedia-britannica-11th-edition.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Ref to Shu
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1116
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1116
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author: Hugh Chrisholm
Publisher:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 2278
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 2278
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