Download or read book Whaling Classic Reprint written by Charles Boardman Hawes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-21 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Whaling Yet verily, there is more to the Whale than appears on the surface. Between the extremes of this large family are many and great variations: some whales are toothed, others are tooth less; Some are Shy, others are fierce and malicious. But the greatest difference is in size, for the whale family, as zoologists see it, includes dolphins and porpoises, thus ranging in length from two to more than a hundred feet, though, in the popular mind, the whale is synonymous with great size, and has been from very ancient days. Pliny reported, in the Indian sea the fish called balaena, or whirlpool, so long and broad as to take up more length and breadth than two acres of ground. Olaus Magnus, too, was very generous in measurements, giving nine hundred and sixty feet to certain hirsute whales. Even by actual measurements the whale remains the largest of living creatures and the largest that ever has lived, not except ing the dinosaur. 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.
Download or read book Whalers and Whaling Classic Reprint written by Nannie Belle Maury and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-17 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Whalers and Whaling Down at the wharves of New Bedford, Massachusetts, there is a collection of the queerest looking Old ships, which instantly attract your notice. SO quaint, and so entirely unlike any craft one sees afloat nowadays, that you know in a minute they must be the Old Whalers that used to make such perilous voyages, and have such thrilling adventures fifty years ago. There they lie, - these old heroes, - huddled together in a group, as though to keep each other company and talk over the days of their youth, when they were the pride and glory of New Bedford. 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.
Download or read book The Old Whaling Days written by Robert McNab and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old Whaling Days Classic Reprint written by William Barron and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-21 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old Whaling Days For the complete equipment of an Arctic whaler. There are words, too, used in the times dealt with, which do not find a place in the English dictionary of to-day, and it is hoped, therefore, that the information which is given in these pages, will be found full of interest, not only to the uninitiated, but to those who may remember their own experiences in whaling. Thankful for my own escapes in early life, I would beg to lay this narrative before the general public. 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.
Download or read book Whaling and Fishing Classic Reprint written by Charles Nordhoff and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Whaling and Fishing With this volume my story of life at sea is complete. I have endeavored to give a strictly faithful account of the various phases of a sailor's existence. I have borne in mind the usual objec tion to books of this class; that they, are likely to inspire youth with an uneasy longing for a wandering, worthless mode of life. And as my little books were likely to interest young men and boys, my aim has been to give a plain com mon sense picture of that about which a false romance throws many charms. If anything I have written on this subject shall induce a young man, launching into life, to make a sensible choice of evils, by looking elsewhere than to the Sea for the adventurous existence which his Spirit requires, I Shall be rewarded. 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.
Download or read book In Whaling Days Classic Reprint written by Howland Tripp and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from In Whaling Days Call, if you choose, the symbol of our glory, That floats imprisoned in the narrow slip, Unworthy of the patronage of story. 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.
Download or read book The Story of the New England Whalers Classic Reprint written by John Randolph Spears and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of the New England Whalers November 6, 1651, It was ordered that Goodman Mulford shall call out ye town by succession to loke for Whale. 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.
Download or read book The Whalebone Whales of New England written by Glover Morrill Allen and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gam written by Charles Henry Robbins and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Gam: Being a Group of Whaling Stories I have for many years wondered that the romantic and exciting experiences of the whale fishery have not been preserved more often in records in our literature. Occa sionally we have had sketches of one or another detail in this marvellous adventure. But it would seem as if the brave men who engage in such adventure handle harpoons more willingly than they handle pens. And so you shall hear many a story of such adventure told by men who Speak of what they have seen, while you do not read one such story. I was very glad, therefore, to hear that Capt. Charles H. Robbins had put to paper some accounts of his own earlier experiences, and that he has been persuaded to publish them; and to say to any friend of mine' that he may place confident reliance on the narrative of Capt. Robbins, as being that of one who tells of what he saw, of which indeed he was much himself. 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.
Download or read book A History of the American Whale Fishery Classic Reprint written by Walter S. Tower and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of the American Whale Fishery Whaling was once a great industry in the United States. Whole communities were dependent on its success. When voyages were successful there was prosperity and plenty. When voyages failed there was hardship and hunger. Fortunes were made and lost. The foundation of many a stately old mansion in New England rests on oil and bone. But whaling was not a passing boom, not a thing apart from all other interests, not local in nature and local in effect. Its in uence as a social and economic factor was widespread. Whaling was a unit in a great whole - a part of the vast industrial interests of a growing country. It is so no longer. Whal ing is practically dead. The almost complete cycle of whaling activity is a good lesson in economics - the lesson of a ourishing enterprise quickly wiped out by changing economic conditions. The history of whaling forms an important chapter in the commercial history of the United States. 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."
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.
Download or read book A Year with a Whaler Classic Reprint written by Walter Noble Burns and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Year With a Whaler A young working man in overalls and flannel shirt came in later in the day and applied to go on the voyage. He qualified as a green hand. But no spirit of adventure had brought him to Levy's. A whaling voyage appealed to his canny mind as a business proposition. 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.
Download or read book The White Whale Classic Reprint written by Henry Lee and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The White Whale The circumstances under which three White Whales have recently been brought alive to this country by the enterprise of Mr. Farini, and the difficulties that have been surmounted in the successful endeavour to exhibit them respectively at Westminster (by pre-arrangement with Mr. Wybrow Robertson), at Manchester, and at Blackpool, will be better understood, if, before mentioning the incidents connected with their capture and voyage, I describe the preparations made for the reception of the first White Whale successfully conveyed to England last year under the same auspices, and the result of that experiment. Knowing something of aquarium specimens and the sensational advertisements by which their anticipated arrival is sometimes heralded, when I saw in the daily papers that "a whale" was on its way from America to the Royal Aquarium, Westminster, on board the North German Lloyd's steamer "Oder," which left New York on the 16th of September, 1877, I formed no great expectations of seeing a "monster of the deep." I thought of the laughable incident so charmingly told by Mr. Buckland in his "Curiosities of Natural History," of the "young, live, spouting whale," to purchase which for the Zoological Gardens he and Mr. Bartlett rushed off to Blackpool some years previously; and of its turning out to be a "poor little baby porpoise, about two and a half feet long;" and how my two friends "tossed up their hats, and lay supine on the shingle, and laughed at each other for five minutes that they should have travelled over two hundred miles to see such a wretched creature as that; showman's 'whale'!" But when I called at the Royal Aquarium, and Mr. Wybrow Robertson, the general manager, and Mr. Carrington, the naturalist and curator, with ready courtesy showed and explained to me the preparations that were being made for the reception of the American whale, I was convinced that they were getting ready for the advent of an animal of considerable magnitude. The clang of many hammers rang through the building with all the din of a boiler-maker's "shop," and when we entered the southern annex, overlooked by the galleries of the restaurant, I came upon portable furnaces in full blast, and a little army of riveters engaged in constructing in the center of the annex an enormous vat of wrought-iron plates. As no tank in the Aquarium was nearly large enough for the accommodation of the expected guest, it was necessary to build one especially to contain it, and the rapidity with which this was done was really marvelous. This gigantic tank is forty feet long, twenty feet wide, and six feet deep, and it is calculated that it holds about 45,000 gallons of water, weighing 200 tons. The weight of the iron plates alone is thirty tons. Thirty thousand holes had to be drilled in them to receive 15,000 rivets, and yet this immense receptacle was commenced and finished within eleven days. It is rounded at the corners, and care was taken that no sharp edges or points should be left inside it which might injure the skin of its intended occupant, the bottom having been covered with Portland cement. 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.
Download or read book There She Blows written by James Cooper Wheeler and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from There She Blows: A Whaling Yarn Whalers were a breed of seadog differing from the present type of sailorman as much as a Collie does from an Upland Scotch stag hound, and while I freely admit the present generation to be in many ways an improve ment on their predecessors of fifty years back, I maintain that the men who sailed out of New Bedford, Nantucket, and Sag Harbor in the forties possessed a toughness of sinew and energy of mindjt would be difficult to parallel in the present era. 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.
Download or read book The Old Whaling Days written by Robert McNab and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Old Whaling Days: A History of Southern New Zealand From 1830 to 1840 In connection with the American whalers, another source of information has proved valuable. Great numbers of their logs have been preserved, and have been examined by the Author in the libraries of the Historical Societies which ourish up and down the eastern coast Of the United States, from Salem to Washington. The best log found - that of the Mary Mitchell, in the rooms of the Nantucket Historical Society - has been published as an Appendix. And its perusal should prove extremely interesting. It is, however, unique among logs, because, when the whaling trade grew to huge dimensions in the United States, men of little education Obtained commands, and their entries were often exhausted, when the weather, the position Of the vessel, and the number of whales killed, had been recorded. 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."
Download or read book In Whaling Days written by Howland Tripp and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Leviathan The History of Whaling in America written by Eric Jay Dolin and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-07-17 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Los Angeles Times Best Non-Fiction Book of 2007 A Boston Globe Best Non-Fiction Book of 2007 Amazon.com Editors pick as one of the 10 best history books of 2007 Winner of the 2007 John Lyman Award for U. S. Maritime History, given by the North American Society for Oceanic History "The best history of American whaling to come along in a generation." —Nathaniel Philbrick The epic history of the "iron men in wooden boats" who built an industrial empire through the pursuit of whales. "To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme," Herman Melville proclaimed, and this absorbing history demonstrates that few things can capture the sheer danger and desperation of men on the deep sea as dramatically as whaling. Eric Jay Dolin begins his vivid narrative with Captain John Smith's botched whaling expedition to the New World in 1614. He then chronicles the rise of a burgeoning industry—from its brutal struggles during the Revolutionary period to its golden age in the mid-1800s when a fleet of more than 700 ships hunted the seas and American whale oil lit the world, to its decline as the twentieth century dawned. This sweeping social and economic history provides rich and often fantastic accounts of the men themselves, who mutinied, murdered, rioted, deserted, drank, scrimshawed, and recorded their experiences in journals and memoirs. Containing a wealth of naturalistic detail on whales, Leviathan is the most original and stirring history of American whaling in many decades.
