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The whale and his captors ; or, The whaleman's adventures / Henry T. Cheever ; edited and with an introduction by Robert D. Madison ; afterword by Mark Bousquet.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cheever, Henry T. (Henry Theodore), 1814-1897, author.
- Series:
- Seafaring America.
- Seafaring America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Whales.
- Whaling.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Whaleman's adventures
- Place of Publication:
- Hanover : University Press of New England, [2018]
- Summary:
- Henry Cheever's 1850 treatise on the cruelty and environmental impact of whaling practices, with a new introduction and afterword. -- Provided by publisher.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Harper & brothers, 1850.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on print record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781512602661
- 1512602663
- OCLC:
- 1011543319
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