Trying-out : an anatomy of Dutch whaling and sealing in the nineteenth century, 1815-1885 / Justus Carolus Antonius Schokkenbroek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schokkenbroek, J. C. A. (Joost C. A.), 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whaling--Netherlands--19th century.

Whaling.

Sealing--Netherlands--19th century.

Sealing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Aksant, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021).

ISBN:

9786613259547

9781283259545

1283259540

9789048521104

9048521106

OCLC:

751963308