The Whale and His Captors; or, The Whaleman's Adventures /

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Henry Cheever's 1850 treatise on the cruelty and environmental impact of whaling practices, with a new introduction and afterword. --

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cheever, Henry T. (Henry Theodore), 1814-1897 (Author)
Other Authors: Bousquet, Mark (writer of afterword.), Madison, R. D. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lebanon, NH : University Press of New England, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Whaling.
Whales.
Offshore whaling.
HISTORY / General
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals.
NATURE > Animals > Mammals.
Baleines > Chasse.
Baleines.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Coral island of Rimatara
  • Raising and cutting-in whales
  • New Zealand cruising ground
  • The whale's physiology and natural history
  • Different cruising grounds and northwest whaling
  • The whale's biography and incidents in the capture
  • Atlantic Ocean mammoths and monsters
  • Episodes in the fortunes of whalemen
  • Conquest and disposal of a bull whale
  • Authentic tragedies and perils of the whaling service
  • Yarns from the experience of old whalemen
  • Peculiar vocabulary and hazards of whalemen
  • Remarkable events in the annals of whaling
  • Claims and advantages of the Sabbath in a whale ship
  • A plea in behalf of the Sabbath for whalemen
  • Nearing home and analogies from the sea
  • Knitting up the lessons of the voyage at its close.

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