Title Samoa's forgotten whaling heritage : American whaling in Samoan waters, 1824-1878 : a chronological selection of extracts from primary sources, mainly whaling logbooks, journals and contemporary news items / by Rhys Richards

Published [Wellington] N.Z. : Lithographic Services, 1992

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Description xi, 208 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, map, music, portrait ; 30 cm Notes Half t.p. sub-title: a chronological selection of extracts from primary sources, mainly whaling logbooks, journals and contemporary news items Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 199) and indexes Subject Whalers (Persons) -- Samoan Islands -- History -- 19th century. Whalers' writings, American -- Samoan Islands -- History -- 19th century. Whaling -- Samoan Islands -- History -- 19th century. LC no. 93130244 ISBN 0473016079 (paperback)

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