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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Ellis |
| ISBN: | 0394558391 : 9780394558394 |
| OCLC Number: | 21911182 |
| Description: | xv, 542 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm. |
| Contents: | The quarry -- Man meets whale -- The later history of early whaling -- Inshore whaling -- The sperm whale fishery -- Right and gray whaling -- The heavy artillery -- Aboriginal whaling -- Whaling outside the Antarctic -- Antarctic fortunes -- The beginning of the end -- The anti-whaling movement -- After the moratorium. |
| Responsibility: | Richard Ellis. |
Abstract:
The author chronicles the history of whaling in both hemispheres, and discusses regulation and anti-whaling movements.
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