Trying-out : an anatomy of Dutch whaling and sealing in the nineteenth century, 1815-1885 / / Justus Carolus Antonius Schokkenbroek
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| Autore: |
Schokkenbroek J. C. A (Joost C. A.), <1961->
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| Titolo: |
Trying-out : an anatomy of Dutch whaling and sealing in the nineteenth century, 1815-1885 / / Justus Carolus Antonius Schokkenbroek
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam : , : Aksant, , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (366 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 639.2809492 |
| Soggetto topico: | Whaling - Netherlands - 19th century |
| Sealing - Netherlands - 19th century | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Dutch whaling and sealing in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- King Willem I and the premium system (1815-1855) -- Nineteenth-century Dutch whaling in the South Seas (1827-1849) -- Nineteenth-century Dutch whaling and sealing in the Arctic (1815-1885) -- Ships and men : driving and floating forces -- Clients, commodities, and distribution -- Profitability of Dutch involvement in the whaling and sealing industries. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Trying-out |
| ISBN: | 1-283-25954-0 |
| 9786613259547 | |
| 90-485-2110-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910789726503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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