Trying Out

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schokkenbroek, Joost C. A.
Other Authors: Berg, Hetty, de Jong, J., Koetsenruijter, W.
Format: Book
Language:unknown
Published: Amsterdam University Press 2008
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9789048521104
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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.