About this Item ; Title. Etchings of a whaling cruise, ; Names. Browne, J. Ross (John Ross), 1821-1875 ; Created / Published. New York, Harper & brothers, 1846.
HISTORY OF THE WHALE FISHERY,. ITS PAST AND PRESENT CONDITION. BY J. ROSS BROWNE. ILLUSTRATTED BY NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS ON. STEEL AND WOOD ...
Etchings of a whaling cruise, with notes of a sojourn on the island of Zanzibar. To which is appended a brief history of the whale fishery.
30-day returns In stock
Book details · Print length. 580 pages · Language. English · Publisher. Harvard University Press · Publication date. January 1, 1968 · ISBN-10. 0196265703.
Etchings of a whaling cruise, with notes of a sojourn on the island of Zanzibar. To which is appended a brief history of the whale fishery ... Author: Browne, J ...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. ... Google Books
Author: John Ross Browne
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1968. Reprint of a key work on American whaling which, gives a general picture of life on a whaling ship in the 1840s and.
Rating
(4)
Etchings of a Whaling Cruise is a book written by John Ross Browne in 1846. The book is a personal account of Browne's experience during a whaling ...
Browne's is a fine work offering a great amount of information concerning the state of the whaling industry and whaling in general at a time when there were ...
Feb 25, 2011 · Etchings of a whaling cruise. by: Browne, J[ohn] Ross, 1817-1875. [from old catalog]. Publication date: 1846. Topics: Voyages and travels, ...
$25 delivery 10-day returns
In it Browne recounts his voyage on the whaling ship Bruce from New England to Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean. “Much of it was written in his usual jocular style, ...