British Whaling Trade
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- Author(s) Jackson, Gordon
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2005
- Pages 2nd ed; 293pp
- Publisher International Maritime Economic History Association
- Place Published St John's NL
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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First published 1978. Scholarly history of the British whaling industry from the 17th century. Structured in two parts: 1] 'The traditional whaling trades, 1604-1914' and 2] 'The modern whaling trade, 1904-63'. Chapters include: Part 1: 'Northern adventures and the Spitsbergen trade, c1604-1670'; 'Lost hopes and expensive failures, c1670-1750'; 'Rise of the Greenland trade, 1750-83'; 'The boom in the northern fishery, 1783-c1808'; 'Expansion south of the Arctic Seas, c1776-1808'; 'Decline in the north in the early nineteenth century'; 'Expansion and failure of the southern fishery, c1808-40'; 'The end of the northern fishery in the late nineteenth century'; Part 2: 'New whaling techniques'; 'New whaling areas'; 'Advances in oil technology'; 'Expanding fleets and the new fishing grounds, 1919-20 [29]'; 'Crisis and contraction, 1929-32'; 'Regulated recklessness, 1932-39'; 'The final fling, 1945-63'. Extensive appendices analyse industry