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Whaling in Massachusetts / Gioia Dimock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dimock, Gioia, author.
- Series:
- Images of America.
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Whaling.
- Whaling--Massachusetts--History.
- Massachusetts--History--19th century.
- Massachusetts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (187 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, 2017.
- Summary:
- "In the early 1700s, Massachusetts residents caught whales from the shore before embarking on offshore voyages for several weeks. Later, these trips would extend over many years, bringing home an average of 1,500 barrels of whale oil and thousands of pounds of whalebone in the 1800s. New Bedford and Nantucket were the founding towns for the whaling industry, but little known are the other Massachusetts towns that sent out whalers built the ships, and outfitted them. Essex, Mattapoisett, and Falmouth were shipbuilding communities; Fairhaven began as a whaling town but quickly took to outfitting whalers; Gloucester made the yellow slickers that were rubbed with sperm whale oil to waterproof them; and Provincetown and Boston were among the many ports that sent out whaling ships.: -- From cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4396-6000-X
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