Harpooner : A Four-Year Voyage on the Barque Kathleen, 1880-1884 /

Harpooner : A Four-Year Voyage on the Barque Kathleen, 1880-1884 /

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A stirring, authentic record of whale chasing in three oceans--full of excitement, courage, humor, tragedy, colorful personalities, strange scenes--told with direct and intimate charm. Vividly illustrated by Paul Quinn

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ferguson, Robert
Other Authors: Quinn, Paul, Dr, Stair, Leslie Dalrymple
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]
Edition:Reprint 2016
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t PREFACE --   |t CONTENTS --   |t BRIEF SKETCH OF ROBERT FERGUSON'S LIFE --   |t I. FROM NEW BEDFORD TO THE WHALING GROUNDS NEAR THE AZORES --   |t II. OFF GIBRALTAR AND SOUTH TO TRISTAN DA CUNHA --   |t III. FROM TRISTAN DA CUNHA TO ST. HELENA --   |t IV. FROM ST. HELENA TO COMORO, SEYCHELLES, JAVA, CELEBES, AND BACK TO COMORO --   |t V. AT JOHANNA, COMORO ISLANDS, ZANZIBAR, AND BACK TO JOHANNA --   |t VI. FROM COMORO ISLANDS AND MOZAMBIQUE TO ST. HELENA --   |t VII. FROM ST. HELENA TO KABINDA, CONGO, AFRICA --   |t VIII. FROM KABINDA, CONGO, AFRICA TO ST. HELENA --   |t IX. AT ST. HELENA, THENCE TO MAYUMBA, AFRICA, AND BACK TO ST. HELENA --   |t X. FROM ST. HELENA AS MASTER OF A SHIP TO BOSTON --   |t XI. FROM BOSTON TO LIVERPOOL, ST. HELENA AND ST. PAUL, DE LOANDA, AFRICA --   |t XII. FROM ST. PAUL DE LOANDA TO THE SOUTH ATLANTIC WHALING GROUNDS --   |t XIII. FROM THE SOUTH ATLANTIC WHALING GROUNDS TO ST. HELENA --   |t XIV. AT ST. HELENA --   |t XV. FROM ST. HELENA TO NEW BEDFORD --   |t APPENDIX: GLOSSARY OF NAUTICAL AND WHALING TERMS --   |t APPENDIX: THE "LAY," CATCH OR WAGES 
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