Trying-out : an anatomy of Dutch whaling and sealing in the nineteenth century, 1815-1885 /

Trying-out : an anatomy of Dutch whaling and sealing in the nineteenth century, 1815-1885 /

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Author / Creator:	Schokkenbroek, J. C. A. (Joost C. A.), 1961-
Imprint:	Amsterdam : Aksant, 2008.
Description:	1 online resource (366 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:	English
Subject:	Whaling -- Netherlands -- 19th century. Sealing -- Netherlands -- 19th century. Sealing. Whaling. Netherlands. Electronic book.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11103685

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ISBN:	9789048521104 9048521106 9789052602837 9052602832
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-355) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. 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 Summaries in English, Dutch, and German. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Schokkenbroek, J.C.A. (Joost C.A.), 1961- Trying-out. Amsterdam : Aksant, 2008 9789052602837

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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.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (366 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Format:	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.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-355) and index.
ISBN:	9789048521104 9048521106 9789052602837 9052602832