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Book  The Voyage of the F H  Moore  and Other 19th Century Whaling Accounts

Download or read book The Voyage of the F H Moore and Other 19th Century Whaling Accounts written by Samuel Grant Williams and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1873, 21-year-old Sam Williams embarked on a whaling journey on the two-masted F.H. Moore--he steered one of the boats and threw the harpoon. He kept a personal log and reworked it into this never-before-published manuscript, now supplemented by additional research and relevant excerpts of the ship's official logbook. Complementing this are excerpts from three other accounts of whaling voyages: Incidents of a Whaling Voyage by Francis Allyn Olmstead (1841); Etchings of a Whaling Cruise by J. Ross Browne (1846), an expose of the whaling industry; and The Gam: Being a Group of Whaling Stories by Capt. Charles Henry Robbins (1899), a personal story of nearly an entire life at sea. The four accounts open the 19th century world of whaling to modern readers in a realistic and unromantic way.

Book  The Voyage of the F H  Moore  and Other 19th Century Whaling Accounts

Download or read book The Voyage of the F H Moore and Other 19th Century Whaling Accounts written by Samuel Grant Williams and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-05-03 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1873, 21-year-old Sam Williams embarked on a whaling journey on the two-masted F.H. Moore--he steered one of the boats and threw the harpoon. He kept a personal log and reworked it into this never-before-published manuscript, now supplemented by additional research and relevant excerpts of the ship's official logbook. Complementing this are excerpts from three other accounts of whaling voyages: Incidents of a Whaling Voyage by Francis Allyn Olmstead (1841); Etchings of a Whaling Cruise by J. Ross Browne (1846), an expose of the whaling industry; and The Gam: Being a Group of Whaling Stories by Capt. Charles Henry Robbins (1899), a personal story of nearly an entire life at sea. The four accounts open the 19th century world of whaling to modern readers in a realistic and unromantic way.

Book The Pretender of Pitcairn Island

Download or read book The Pretender of Pitcairn Island written by Tillman W. Nechtman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-13 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of one imposter and his influential vision for British control over the nineteenth-century Pacific Ocean.

Book Whale Hunt  The Narrative of a Voyage by Nelson Cole Haley  Harpooner in the Ship Charles W  Morgan 1849 1853

Download or read book Whale Hunt The Narrative of a Voyage by Nelson Cole Haley Harpooner in the Ship Charles W Morgan 1849 1853 written by Nelson Cole Haley and published by . This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Book A Voyage to the Arctic in the Whaler Aurora

Download or read book A Voyage to the Arctic in the Whaler Aurora written by David Moore Lindsay and published by Boston : D. Estes. This book was released on 1911 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrative of voyage from Dundee to Davis Strait, 1884.

Book Whale Hunt

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nelson Cole Haley
  • Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
  • Release : 2017-06-28
  • ISBN : 1787205460
  • Pages : 229 pages

Download or read book Whale Hunt written by Nelson Cole Haley and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of a voyage to the South Pacific in search of sperm whales. The Charles W. Morgan was the last surviving whaler from the fleet sailing out of New Bedford, Massachusetts. She was retired in 1921, after 80 years of active service. In this book, first published in 1948, Nelson Cole Haley recaptures the high drama of the whale hunt, the character of his shipmates, and their adventures ashore on the exotic islands of the South Pacific. “This classic true story of a voyage on the CHARLES W. MORGAN is both a wonderful read and an excellent source of information about American whaling in the 19th century.”—Nathaniel Philbrick, author of IN THE HEART OF THE SEA

Book Rites and Passages

    Book Details:
  • Author : Margaret S. Creighton
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 1995-08-25
  • ISBN : 9780521484480
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book Rites and Passages written by Margaret S. Creighton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-08-25 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contributes to what has recently been called a 'new social history of seafaring'. This new maritime history places sailors themselves at the center, not the periphery, of the maritime past, and explores ways that the history of the sea and the history of the shore have intersected. It differs from traditional accounts which celebrate exotic trades, powerful merchants, maritime technologies, and military exploits. Drawn on the evidence of nearly two hundred ship logs and sailors' diaries, Rites and Passages examines American whalemen at the height of the whaling industry in the 1800s and argues that whaling life and culture was shaped by both the American mainland and by the exigencies of ocean life. Unlike other published accounts of seafaring, this work brings gender into the maritime equation, not only with a discussion of the ways that women figured in this male world, but also with an examination of the ways that seafaring served as a rite of passage into manhood.

Book Narrative of a Whaling Voyage Round the Globe  from the Year 1833 to 1836

Download or read book Narrative of a Whaling Voyage Round the Globe from the Year 1833 to 1836 written by Frederick Debell Bennett and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Herman Melville described this as one of the best works on the whale industry. Bennett was a scientist attached to this expedition. His specific assignment was to observe the anatomy and habits of southern whales, to determine the best way of conducting the sperm whale fishery industry, to investigate the islands of polynesia, and to collect examples of natural history"--Hill

Book The Herrin Massacre of 1922

Download or read book The Herrin Massacre of 1922 written by Greg Bailey and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1922, a coal miner strike spread across the United States, swallowing the heavily-unionized mining town of Herrin, Illinois. When the owner of the town's local mine hired non-union workers to break the strike, violent conflict broke out between the strikebreakers and unionized miners, who were all heavily armed. When strikebreakers surrendered and were promised safe passage home, the unionized miners began executing them before large, cheering crowds. This book tells the cruel truth behind the story that the coal industry tried to suppress and that Herrin wants to forget. A thorough account of the massacre and its aftermath, this book sets a heartland tragedy against the rise and decline of the coal industry.

Book Extracts from the Journal of John A  States  Stonington  Connecticut

Download or read book Extracts from the Journal of John A States Stonington Connecticut written by John A. States and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Visit At Pitcairn's Island. The Marine Historical Association, V1, No. 4, November 20, 1931.

Book VOYAGE TO THE ARCTIC IN THE WH

Download or read book VOYAGE TO THE ARCTIC IN THE WH written by David Moore 1862 Lindsay and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book The South Sea Whaler

Download or read book The South Sea Whaler written by Honore Forster and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exhaustive bibliography is indispensable for scholars and students of whaling history. It includes published diaries, autobiographies, narratives, scholarly works, adult and juvenile fiction, dissertations, and newspaper and periodical articles pertaining to whaling in the Pacific. Its full appendixes and indexes for islands, vessels, and captains make it a researcher's dream.

Book A Voyage to the Arctic in the Whaler Aurora  Classic Reprint

Download or read book A Voyage to the Arctic in the Whaler Aurora Classic Reprint written by David Moore Lindsay and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Voyage to the Arctic in the Whaler Aurora A Voyage to the Arctic in the Whaler Aurora was written by David Moore Lindsay in 1911. This is a 334 page book, containing 56260 words and 138 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Out of Nantucket

    Book Details:
  • Author : William Lay
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2010-04
  • ISBN : 9780857060792
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book Out of Nantucket written by William Lay and published by . This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board the Ship Globe by William Lay and Cyrus M. Hussey Memorandum by William Rotch Accounts of the great whaling fleet These two accounts of the ships, sailors and merchants who came from Nantucket have been brought together by Leonaur, since as smaller pieces they may not have seen publication individually in modern times. This good value edition acknowledges the continuing interest in the whaling industry of the American North East. The island itself is located due south of Cape Code and was at the beginning of the nineteenth century the capital of whaling boasting a whaling fleet of over 70 vessels. These two accounts hail from that golden age and there will be much within them to interest students of whaling and the period. Available in soft cover and hard cover for collectors.

Book Hunting Neptune s Giants

Download or read book Hunting Neptune s Giants written by Catherine Gourley and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of American whaling using excerpts from diaries, ships' logs, letters, and other documents written by men and women who participated in the industry during the 19th century.

Book Narrative of a Whaling Voyage Round the Globe  From the Year 1833 to 1836  Comprising Sketches of Polynesia  California  the Indian Archipelago  Etc  With an Account of Southern Whales  the Sperm Whale Fishery  and the Natural History of the Climates Visi

Download or read book Narrative of a Whaling Voyage Round the Globe From the Year 1833 to 1836 Comprising Sketches of Polynesia California the Indian Archipelago Etc With an Account of Southern Whales the Sperm Whale Fishery and the Natural History of the Climates Visi written by Frederick Debell Bennett and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.