Whaling on Martha's Vineyard

Whaling on Martha's Vineyard

Thomas Dresser

Språken
FörlagThe History Press
ISBN9781439664322

Martha's Vineyard became an integral part of the whaling industry at the beginning of the eighteenth century and inspired a lasting romantic enthusiasm for life on the open ocean. From shorewhaling to daring voyages into the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans, the insular whaling community offered