Scottish Arctic Whaling

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See also the writer's doctoral theses 'Origins of the Scottish Northern Whale Fishery', Dundee, 1985. Sections include: 'Origins - pre 1750 British Arctic whaling'; 'Initial Scottish expansion and consolidation, 1750-1763'; 'Interwar stability, 1764-1774'; 'impact of the American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 - the Dunbar factor'; 'The boom and bust interwar period - 1784-1792'; 'Prologue to Scottish domination - the role of the French Revolutionary War, 1793-1801'; 'The golden era of Scottish arctic whaling - 1802-1840'; 'The final decline - subsidised bowhead whaling - the transition to harp sealing and other arctic activities, 1841 to World War I'