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America's early whalemen : Indian shore whalers on Long Island, 1650-1750 /
The Indians of coastal Long Island were closely attuned to their maritime environment. They hunted sea mammals, fished in coastal waters, and harvested shellfish. To celebrate the deep-water spirits, they sacrificed the tail and fins of the most powerful and awesome denizen of their maritime world--...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Tucson :
The University of Arizona Press,
2018.
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| Series: | Native peoples of the Americas (Tucson, Ariz.)
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Whale in Aboriginal Long Island Culture; 2. Drift Whales: A Contentious Asset; 3. Sachems, Entrepreneurs, and Conflicting Sovereignties; 4. Origins of "Ye Whaling Design" on Long Island; 5. New Needs, Old Traditions: The Cultural Impact of "Ye Whale Design"; 6. Debt Peonage and Indentured Servitude; 7. Papasaquin's World: Politics, Economics, and Family in Seventeenth-Century Long Island; 8. Leaving the Shore: The End of an Era; Appendix 1. Examples of Whaling Contracts.
- Appendix 2. Whaling Contracts by SeasonAppendix 3. St. George Manor; Appendix 4. Estimates of Shore Whale Catches, 1697-1734; Appendix 5. Names of Indian Whalers and English Investors on the Whaling Contracts, 1670-1685; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.