Title Yankees in the Indian Ocean : American commerce and whaling, 1786-1860 / Jane Hooper

Published Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 247 pages) Series Indian Ocean studies series Indian Ocean studies series. Contents Introduction. "15000 miles from our native home" -- Early excursions -- Yankees in Mahajanga, Madagascar -- Whalers in Saint Augustin Bay -- Sailor tourism -- Provisioning islands and ecological impacts -- American illegal slaving -- Conclusion. Fourth of July and global rites of state Summary "This unprecedented study of nineteenth-century American merchant and whaling activity in the Indian Ocean shows how it shaped later US imperial incursions in the Pacific and Caribbean. Sailors' journals and other primary sources reveal American influence on the period's global commerce, illegal slaving, and environmental degradation"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 22, 2022) Subject Whaling -- United States -- History -- 18th century Whaling -- United States -- History -- 19th century Whaling -- Social aspects -- Indian Ocean Region Americans -- Indian Ocean Region -- History -- 18th century Americans -- Indian Ocean Region -- History -- 19th century Americans Commerce Whaling Whaling -- Social aspects SUBJECT United States -- Commerce -- Indian Ocean Region Indian Ocean Region -- Commerce -- United States Subject Indian Ocean Region United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2022018914 ISBN 9780821447901 0821447904

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