Finding the mighty whales : eighteenth century Nantucket whaling and the development of environmental knowledge
When Nantucket whalemen moved from a shore based fishery to one prosecuted on the high seas, they had to devise a system to locate whale populations. To do this, the whalemen systematically recorded their observations of the ocean and whales and developed a knowledge of the environment. This knowled...
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ftcanadathes:oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/28004 2023-05-15T17:32:13+02:00 Finding the mighty whales : eighteenth century Nantucket whaling and the development of environmental knowledge Adams, Nathan Tristin 2010-08-31T17:18:02Z http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28004 eng eng University of British Columbia http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28004 Electronic Thesis or Dissertation 2010 ftcanadathes 2014-03-30T00:46:13Z When Nantucket whalemen moved from a shore based fishery to one prosecuted on the high seas, they had to devise a system to locate whale populations. To do this, the whalemen systematically recorded their observations of the ocean and whales and developed a knowledge of the environment. This knowledge was rooted in new scientific ideas rather than traditional knowledge forms. As a result, when whale populations diminished over the eighteenth century Nantucket whalemen were able to adapt and find new whaling grounds expanding from the North Atlantic south to the Azores, of the coast of Brazil and Guinea, and eventually into the Pacific. This public scientific approach to their work catapulted a small island into the forefront of the global whaling industry and underpinned the remarkable prosperity Nantucket enjoyed in the golden age of American whaling. Thesis North Atlantic Theses Canada/Thèses Canada (Library and Archives Canada) Nantucket ENVELOPE(-61.917,-61.917,-74.583,-74.583) Pacific |
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When Nantucket whalemen moved from a shore based fishery to one prosecuted on the high seas, they had to devise a system to locate whale populations. To do this, the whalemen systematically recorded their observations of the ocean and whales and developed a knowledge of the environment. This knowledge was rooted in new scientific ideas rather than traditional knowledge forms. As a result, when whale populations diminished over the eighteenth century Nantucket whalemen were able to adapt and find new whaling grounds expanding from the North Atlantic south to the Azores, of the coast of Brazil and Guinea, and eventually into the Pacific. This public scientific approach to their work catapulted a small island into the forefront of the global whaling industry and underpinned the remarkable prosperity Nantucket enjoyed in the golden age of American whaling. |
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Finding the mighty whales : eighteenth century Nantucket whaling and the development of environmental knowledge |
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