Buch, Englisch, 1300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 1651 g
Buch, Englisch, 1300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 1651 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
ISBN: 978-1-108-03780-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
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Fachgebiete
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Fischerei
- Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographische Entdeckungen und Erkundung
- Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Historische Geographie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten
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Volume 1: Preface; 1. Remarks on the celebrated question, of the existence of a sea-communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, by the north; with an account of the progress of discovery in the Northern Regions; 2. Descriptive account of some of the Polar countries; 3. Hydrographical survey of the Greenland Sea; 4. An account of the Greenland or Polar ice; 5. Observations on the atmospherology of the Arctic regions; particularly relating to Spitzbergen and the adjacent Greenland Sea; 6. A sketch of the zoology of the Arctic regions; Appendices. Volume 2: 1. Chronological history of the northern whale-fisheries; 2. Comparative view of the origin, progress, and present state of the whale-fisheries of different European nations; 3. Situation of the early whale-fishery. Manner in which it was conducted, and the alterations which have subsequently taken place; 4. Account of the modern whale-fishery, as conducted at Spitzbergen; 5. Account of the Davis' Strait whale-fishery, and a comparison with that of Greenland, with statements of expences and profits of a fishing ship; 6. Method of extracting oil and preparing whalebone, and remarks on the uses to which the several products of the whale-fishery are applied; 7. Narrative of proceedings on board of the ship Esk, during a whale-fishing voyage to the coast of Spitzbergen, in the year 1816; Appendix; Index.