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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schokkenbroek, J. C. A. (Joost C. A.), 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Aksant, 2008.
Temas:
1800-1899
Whaling > Netherlands > 19th century.
Sealing > Netherlands > 19th century.
Baleines > Chasse > Pays-Bas > 19e siècle.
Phoques > Chasse > Pays-Bas > 19e siècle.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
HISTORY > General.
Sealing.
Whaling.
Walfang
Netherlands.
Niederlande
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Dutch whaling and sealing in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
  • King Willem I and the premium system (1815-1855)
  • Nineteenth-century Dutch whaling in the South Seas (1827-1849)
  • Nineteenth-century Dutch whaling and sealing in the Arctic (1815-1885)
  • Ships and men : driving and floating forces
  • Clients, commodities, and distribution
  • Profitability of Dutch involvement in the whaling and sealing industries.

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