Author: SCHOKKENBROEK, Joost C.A.
Title: Trying-out. An anatomy of Dutch whaling and sealing in the nineteenth century, 1815-1885.
Description: Amsterdam, Aksant, 2008. Pictorial boards. With 14 illustrations. 366 pp. 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 so far. A pioneering book focused on the men involved in the two maritime industries, be it on shore or aboard the whaleship.
Keywords: Antarctic Arctic Pole whaling
Title: Trying-out. An anatomy of Dutch whaling and sealing in the nineteenth century, 1815-1885.
Description: Amsterdam, Aksant, 2008. Pictorial boards. With 14 illustrations. 366 pp. 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 so far. A pioneering book focused on the men involved in the two maritime industries, be it on shore or aboard the whaleship.
Keywords: Antarctic Arctic Pole whaling
Price: EUR 27.50 = appr. US$ 29.89 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 33502
- Book number: 33502