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Ships employed in the South Seas trade, 1775-1859. A.G.E. Jones ; expanded and edited by Dale Chatwin.
- Title
- Ships employed in the South Seas trade, 1775-1859. Volume 3 / A.G.E. Jones ; expanded and edited by Dale Chatwin.
- Author
- Jones, A. G. E.
- Publication
- Hobart, Tasmania Navarine Publishing (in conjunction with the Roebuck Society), [2014].
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- Description
- 165 pages : illustrations; 30 cm.
- Series Statement
- Roebuck Society publication ; no. 53
- Uniform Title
- Roebuck Society publication ; no. 53.
- Subject
- Note
- "Compiled from the London Prices Current, the Customs Bills of Entry and other sources of the perion"--Title page.
- Limited to 100 numbered copies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-156) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Part I. An overview of the British southern whale fishery -- Part II. The London oil trade, 1816-1859 (including, factors affecting the market in the London oil trade) -- Part III. The price of whale and seal oils in London, 1800-1859 -- Part IV. Whale and seal cargoes landed in London from the South Seas before 1815 -- Part V. Whale and seal cargoes landed in London after 1816 from the Customs 'Bills of Entry A & B' -- Part VI. The costs and expense of outfitting a whaling vessel -- Part VII. Contemporary statistical tables illustrating aspects of the whaling trade.
- ISBN
- 9780992366018
- 0992366011
- OCLC
- 885245993
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library