The Nautilus Library no. 16: Whalers and Whaling by E. Keble Chatterton
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WHALERS AND WHALING

by E. KEBLE CHATTERTON

First published T. Fisher & Unwin, London, 1925.
Second edition published 1930 by Philip Allan & Co. Ltd
( NAUTILUS LIBRARY No. 16) London

Blue cloth bound book with gilt lettering to spine. boards shiny and clean. A little foxing but confined to first and last few pages and page block edge, no inscriptions, pages clean. Condition VERY GOOD
115mm. wide x 175mm. tall . 251 pages + Nautilus library list
Weight unwrapped 0.22 kilo

Price £10.00 plus postage

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 CONTENTS

 

PREFACE

  1. INTRODUCTION
  2. THE NORTHERN QUEST
  3. WHALING ENTERPRISE
  4. FLUCTUATING FORTUNES
  5. IN THE DAVIS STRAITS
  6. THE OLD WHALE-SHIPS
  7. "THERE SHE BLOWS !"
  8. WHALERS AND SEALERS
  9. ABOARD AN AMERICAN WHALER
  10. CREWS AND CAPTAINS
  11. WHALING ADVENTURES
  12. THE PERSONAL ELEMENT .

 

 

  1. THE WAY THEY HAD IN THE WHALERS
  2. IN THE SOUTHERN SEAS
  3. WAR AND THE WHALERS
  4. THE THIRTY-TWO SHIPS
  5. FINDING THE NEW WHALING GROUNDS
  6. THE SOURCE OF WEALTH
  7. PROBLEMS AND PRACTICE
  8. MODERN WHALERS AND THEIR METHODS
  9. THE PRESENT WHALING INDUSTRY
  10. COLONIAL CONTROL .

 

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