This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... SKETCHES AFLOAT WITH THE WHALERS THAT the original deep-water whaling vessels were manned by the men who had built and owned them has already been noted. On the return of such a ship to port the crew received lays or shares, in proportion to the work each had done, and then the remainder of the catch ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... SKETCHES AFLOAT WITH THE WHALERS THAT the original deep-water whaling vessels were manned by the men who had built and owned them has already been noted. On the return of such a ship to port the crew received lays or shares, in proportion to the work each had done, and then the remainder of the catch was divided in proportion to the share each owned in the ship. When oil was at its lowest such a crew could live by their fishing, and when it was high they might grow rich. The energetic and ambitious poor man never had a better chance to get on in the world than in the early days of the American whale fishery. Naturally the ambitious poor flocked to the whaling ports, and the population of those ports grew in more ways than one with the growth of the fishery. Thus the ships were then supplied with excellent crews. Later it was necessary for the captains to reach out to the near-by towns to complete their crews. "Captain Isaiah West, now eighty-six years of age, tells me that he remembers when he picked his crew within a radius of sixty miles of New Bedford; that oftentimes he was acquainted, either personally or through report, with the social standing or business standing and qualifications of every man on his vessel, and also that he remembers the first foreigner, an Irishman, that shipped with him, the circumstance being commented upon at that time as being a remarkable one." (James Templeman Brown.) Later still neither the whaling ports nor the near-by towns could furnish men, and the whaler captains perforce applied to the crimps (men who made a business of supplying crews to ships) of all the Atlantic ports for men. They sailed short-handed and touched at the Azores or the Cape de Verdes for Portuguese sailors, all of whom were...
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Add this copy of The Story of the New England Whalers to cart. $43.00, very good condition, Sold by David Kaye Books & Memorabilia rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Woodland Hills, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1908 by MacMillan.
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Very Good. Light bumping/rubbing to board corners, light toning/foxing to prelim pages else a tight unmarked copy with slightly loose front hinge; first printing with Published September 1908 on copyright pager and four pages of ads in rear; 418 pages.
Add this copy of The Story of the New England Whalers to cart. $52.00, good condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1908 by The Macmillan Company.
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Book. Octavo, ix, 418 pages, [4]; G+; Faded navy blue cloth spine with gilt lettering; Boards have moderate bumping to head/tail of spine and corners, light bumping to bottom edge of front cover and moderate+ bumping to fore-edge of back cover, light wear to edges and joints, and moderate age-toning / soiling to edges and spine; Textblock has moderate age-toning to deckled edges, and very light shelfwear to bottom edge; . 1349880. FP New Rockville Stock.
Add this copy of The Story of the New England Whalers (Vg+ 1922 Hc) to cart. $32.00, very good condition, Sold by Rivertown Fine Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Prairie du Chien, WI, UNITED STATES, published 1922 by Macmillan Co..
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VG+ No Jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Pub by Macmillan, 1922. VG+ cond. hardcover, no dj. Blue cloth over bds w/ black, green & gilt pict dec & lettering on cover & spine. P/O's signature on ffep. Frontis in b&w. 418pp. Square, straight, tight, bright & clean except as noted, overall VG+ cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
