Greenland and Davis Strait Trade, 1740-1865. From Lloyd's Register of Shipping and the Register of the Society of Merchants, Shipowners & Underwriters
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- Author(s) Jones, A G E
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1996
- Pages 230pp
- Publisher Bluntisham Books
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Edition limited to 100 copies. Draws on two registers of shipping, viz: Lloyd's Register, 1764-1865, and the Register of the Society of Merchants, Shipowners and Underwriters, 1800-32. Provides a list of British ships / ship movements, 1764-1864, with details of ships, owners, masters, movements. Supported by extensive indexes. Provides a database for analysis of Greenland and Davis Strait whaling. Has an introductory chapter 'The Greenland and Davis Strait Whaling Trade, 1740-1880' [pp xi-xxxiii]