Gladiator one minute, galley slave the next; danger and 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 stories of the men who made it. Although they whaled in American, British, French, Australian and New Zealand ships, their calling made them citizens of a separate, closed and isolated world, unlike that even of other seamen. The book describes that world and its unique pressures.
Allen Mawer, one of Australia's rising maritime historians, immersed himself in the history and literature of south sea whaling for two years before setting out to write Ahab's Trade. He is the author of Fast Company and the critically acclaimed Most Perfectly Safe, the story of the British convict shipwreck disasters of the 1830s.
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paperback in very good condition; 393 pages, b/w illusts. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 84851
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Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 2nd Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Marks on book foredges. Please see images for more information. Gladiator one minute, galley slave the next. Danger, abuse, excitement and tedium, these were the lot of open boat whalemen in the South Seas for two centuries. The Nantucketers, the first and the best taught the world how whaling should be done. Ahab's Trade tracks the rise and fall of this first global industry and tells the story of the men who made it. Although they whaled in American, British, French, Australian and New Zealand ships, their calling made them citizens of a closed and isolated world unlike that of other seamen. The good, the mad and the ugly: they are all here to tell their stories and describe a way of life so strange that its survival into our century is almost incomprehensible. (back cover) Includes bibliographical references and index. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 002067
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