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[Arctic]. Scoresby, William. - Account of the Arctic Regions. With a History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery. [Complete in two volumes].
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| Schrijver: | [Arctic]. Scoresby, William. |
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| Titel: | Account of the Arctic Regions. With a History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery. [Complete in two volumes]. |
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| Bijzonderheid: | Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2011, 2 vols., (2),XX,551,(1),82,(4); (4),574 pag., illustrations, original uniform paperbacks. |
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€ 80,00
€ 5,50
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| Meer info | = Cambridge Library Collection. Written by explorer, scientist and later clergyman William Scoresby (1789-1857), this two-volume guide to the Arctic regions was first published in 1820. Scoresby, himself the son of a whaler and Arctic explorer, first sailed to the polar regions at the age of eleven, and was later apprenticed to his father. He became a correspondent of Sir Joseph Banks, and his extensive research on the Arctic area included pioneering work in oceanography, magnetism, and the study of Arctic currents and waves. He surveyed 400 miles of the Greenland coast in 1822. This account was the first book published in Britain which was devoted solely to the whale fisheries. Volume 1 is a general geographical survey of the Arctic region and includes detailed observations of polar ice conditions, atmospherology, and zoology. The book also considers the much-debated question of northern sea communication between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Volume 2 focuses on the fisheries and includes a history of whaling, the methods used to extract whale oil and prepare whalebone, and the impact of new developments. The book ends with a detailed account of a whaling expedition in 1816. |
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