The Saga of South Seas Whaling
Mawer, Granville Allen
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Paperback
416 pages
34 Halftones (No Colour Section in Pb)
Published: 2001
Publisher: Allen & Unwin (Australia) Pty Ltd
ISBN / EAN: 1865084476
Gladiator one minute, galley slave the next, danger, abuse, excitement and tedium were the lot of the open-boat whalemen in the South Seas for more than two centuries. This book tracks the rise and fall of this first truly global industry, telling the st
