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On the Northwest : commercial whaling in the Pacific Northwest, 1790-1967 / Robert Lloyd Webb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Webb, Robert Lloyd.
- Series:
- University of British Columbia Press Pacific maritime studies ; 6.
- Pacific maritime study series ; 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Whaling--North Pacific Ocean--History.
- Whaling.
- Whaling--Pacific Coast (U.S.)--History.
- Whaling--British Columbia--Pacific Coast--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 425 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1988.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- On the Northwest is the first complete history of commercial whaling in the Pacific Northwest from its shadowy origins in the late 1700s to its demise in western Canada in 1967.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Below Eagle Town
- Cruising Over the Ground
- Ominous Visitations
- Glancing Blows
- Warring on Whales
- Skytteren
- Consolidated Whaling
- In The Meat Business
- The Journal of the Caroline on the Northwest Coast, September 1843
- The Rose Harbour Whaling Station, 1928
- Sources And Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Pacific Maritime Studies Series
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-402) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-22587-5
- 9786613225870
- 0-7748-5494-4
- OCLC:
- 243566790
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