'Government bounties and the establishment of the Scottish whaling trade, 1750-1800' in J Butt & J Ward (eds), Scottish Themes. Essays in honour of Professor S G E Lythe

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Author(s) Jackson, Gordon
Publication type Chapter
Year published 1976
Pages pp46-66
Publisher Scottish Academic Press
Place Published Edinburgh

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Name Government intervention exc legislation & regulation

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals with the history of Scottish whaling to 1800, in particular focusing on the period of the first serious attempt to participate in the trade, from the 1750s to 1800, and the significance of a government bounty in support of whaling, introduced in the 1730s and later extended. Delivers much statistical data re the industry's performance