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Account Of The Arctic Regions With a History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery

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Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

01.11.2011

Verlag

Cambridge-Hitachi

Seitenzahl

1300

Maße (L/B/H)

21.6/14/7.5 cm

Gewicht

1651 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-108-03780-8

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

01.11.2011

Verlag

Cambridge-Hitachi

Seitenzahl

1300

Maße (L/B/H)

21.6/14/7.5 cm

Gewicht

1651 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-108-03780-8

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  • Produktbild: Account Of The Arctic Regions
  • Volume 1: Preface; 1. Remarks on the celebrated question, of the existence of a sea-communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, by the north; with an account of the progress of discovery in the Northern Regions; 2. Descriptive account of some of the Polar countries; 3. Hydrographical survey of the Greenland Sea; 4. An account of the Greenland or Polar ice; 5. Observations on the atmospherology of the Arctic regions; particularly relating to Spitzbergen and the adjacent Greenland Sea; 6. A sketch of the zoology of the Arctic regions; Appendices. Volume 2: 1. Chronological history of the northern whale-fisheries; 2. Comparative view of the origin, progress, and present state of the whale-fisheries of different European nations; 3. Situation of the early whale-fishery. Manner in which it was conducted, and the alterations which have subsequently taken place; 4. Account of the modern whale-fishery, as conducted at Spitzbergen; 5. Account of the Davis' Strait whale-fishery, and a comparison with that of Greenland, with statements of expences and profits of a fishing ship; 6. Method of extracting oil and preparing whalebone, and remarks on the uses to which the several products of the whale-fishery are applied; 7. Narrative of proceedings on board of the ship Esk, during a whale-fishing voyage to the coast of Spitzbergen, in the year 1816; Appendix; Index.