"The Voyage of the F.H. Moore" and Other 19th Century Whaling Accounts
Häftad, Engelska, 2014
Av Samuel Grant Williams, J. Ross Browne, Charles H. Robbins
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Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.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.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2014-05-22
- Mått152 x 229 x 11 mm
- Vikt295 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor216
- FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
- ISBN9780786478668