Bibliograph

Men and whales, Richard Ellis

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Men and whales, Richard Ellis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [506]-527) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Men and whales

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

21911182

Responsibility statement

Richard Ellis

Summary

The author chronicles the history of whaling in both hemispheres, and discusses regulation and anti-whaling movements

Table Of Contents

The quarry -- Man meets whale -- The later history of early whaling -- Inshore whaling -- The sperm whale fishery -- Right and gray whaling -- The heavy artillery -- Aboriginal whaling -- Whaling outside the Antarctic -- Antarctic fortunes -- The beginning of the end -- The anti-whaling movement -- After the moratorium

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