Final Voyage: A Story of Arctic Disaster and One Fateful Whaling Season - a story of Arctic disaster and one fateful whaling season
Peter Nichols
G.P. Putnam's Sons (2009)
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Marine Accidents/ Arctic Regions/ History/ 19th Century, New Bedford (Mass.), Whaling - Arctic Regions - History - 19th Century, Whaling/ Arctic Regions/ History/ 19th Century, Whaling/ Economic Aspects/ Massachusetts/ New Bedford/ History/ 19th Century
e-Book 9780399156021
Englisch
Documents the 1871 decimation of a fleet of whaling ships in an arctic ice storm and the event's irrevocable impact on oil, tracing the industry's founding by Quaker merchants and the role of blubber-derived oil in revolutionizing New England commerce.
Product Details
LoC Classification SH383.2 .N53 2009
Dewey 338.37295097448
Cover Price £26.95
No. of Pages 304
Height x Width 235 x 159  mm
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