The Arctic Whaleman; or, Winter in the Arctic Ocean

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A Whale biting a Boat in two.
OR,
WINTER IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN:
BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE WRECK OF THE WHALE SHIP CITIZEN, OF NEW BEDFORD, IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN, LAT. 68° 10' N., LON. 180° W., SEPT. 25, 1852, COMMANDED BY THOMAS HOWES NORTON, OF EDGARTOWN, AND THE SUBSEQUENT SUFFERINGS OF HER OFFICERS AND CREW DURING NINE MONTHS AMONG THE NATIVES.
TOGETHER WITH
A BRIEF HISTORY OF WHALING.
BY REV. LEWIS HOLMES.
BOSTON: WENTWORTH & COMPANY, 86 Washington Street. 1857.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by Wentworth & Company, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
STEREOTYPED AT THE BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.
TO WHALEMEN, IN WHOSE EMPLOYMENT, DARING ADVENTURES, AND MANY DEPRIVATIONS, THE AUTHOR FEELS A DEEP INTEREST, This Volume IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.

Lewis Holmes
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Язык

Английский

Год издания

2013-10-15

Темы

Arctic regions; Shipwrecks; Whaling; Citizen (Ship : 1851-1852)

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