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Trying-out : an Anatomy of Dutch Whaling and Sealing in the Nineteenth Century, 1815-1885.
This study describes and analyses a wide array of initiatives leading to the hunt, by Dutch whalemen, of whales and seals in Arctic waters, the temperate zones of the South Pacific and the waters of the Dutch East Indies during the major part of the nineteenth century (1815-1885) - an era neglected...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Trying-out; Table of Contents; Preface; List of Tables; List of Illustrations; Glossary; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Dutch Whaling and Sealing in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; Chapter 2 King Willem I and the Premium System (1815-1855); Chapter 3 Nineteenth-Century Dutch Whaling in the South Seas (1827-1849); Chapter 4 Nineteenth-Century Dutch Whaling and Sealing in the Arctic (1815-1885); Chapter 5 Ships and Men. Driving and Floating Forces; Chapter 6 Clients, Commodities, and Distribution.