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Cape Cod Shore Whaling America s First Whalemen
by [Braginton-Smith, John, Oliver, Duncan]
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While Nantucket has long enjoyed an illustrious position in America's whaling history, Cape Cod's contribution to the industry is relatively unknown. Yet, it was a Cape Codder who taught the Nantucketers how to hunt whales. In Cape Cod Shore Whaling, authors Duncan Oliver and John Braginton-Smith uncover Cape Cod's integral role in shaping whalefishery, which began along the Cape's sandy shores and evolved into the far-flung whaling expeditions that drove Nantucket's economy into the nineteenth century. Drawing on rare documents never before published, whaling journals, and diaries, Oliver and Braginton-Smith recreate a bygone age when men fought one another for rights to the sea.
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- The History Press Brand
- Mar 28, 2008 Pub Date:
- 9781596294295 ISBN-13:
- 1596294299 ISBN-10:
- 128.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 9.75 in * 0.31 in * 6.88 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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