Chapter 7 Expansion and Failure of the Southern Fishery c. 1808-1840
The southern fishery was in no better shape, though it had promised so much at the turn of the century, when it appeared to offer limitless regions for the exploitation of the more valuable sperm whale. In fact, after the major expansion of the 1790s, the Southern Fishery stagnated in comparison wit...
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Liverpool University Press
2004
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5949/liverpool/9780973007398.003.0007 |