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1 online resource (366 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Dutch whaling and sealing in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- King Willem I and the premium system (1815-1855) -- Nineteenth-century Dutch whaling in the South Seas (1827-1849) -- Nineteenth-century Dutch whaling and sealing in the Arctic (1815-1885) -- Ships and men : driving and floating forces -- Clients, commodities, and distribution -- Profitability of Dutch involvement in the whaling and sealing industries |
| Summary |
This study describes and analyses a wide array of initiatives leading to the hunt, by Dutch whalemen, of whales and seals in Arctic waters, the temperate zones of the South Pacific and the waters of the Dutch East Indies during the major part of the nineteenth century (1815-1885) - an era neglected so far. In his pioneering book the author, Curator at the National Maritime Museum Amsterdam, focuses on the men involved in the two maritime industries - be it on shore or aboard the whaleship, as entrepreneur and whaleshipowner, Inn keeper, public notary, client for whale and seal products or, of |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-355) and index |
| Notes |
Summaries in English, Dutch, and German |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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| Subject |
Whaling -- Netherlands -- 19th century
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Sealing -- Netherlands -- 19th century
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Sealing
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Whaling
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Walfang
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Netherlands
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Niederlande
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008423434 |
| ISBN |
9789048521104 |
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9048521106 |
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1283259540 |
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9781283259545 |
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9786613259547 |
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6613259543 |
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