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BL
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| Record Number
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703299
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b525488
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| Main Entry
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Webb, Robert Lloyd.
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| Title & Author
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On the Northwest : : commercial whaling in the Pacific Northwest, 1790-1967 /\ Robert Lloyd Webb.
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| Publication Statement
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Vancouver :: University of British Columbia Press,, 1988.
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| Series Statement
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Pacific maritime studies series / University of British Columbia Press ;; 6
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| Page. NO
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xxi, 425 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0774802928
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: 9780774802925
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Below Eagle town -- Cruising over the ground -- Ominous visitations -- Glancing blows -- Warring on whales -- Skytteren -- Consolidated whaling -- In the meat business -- Appendices: The journal of the Caroline on the Northwest coast, September 1843 -- The Rose Harbour whaling station, 1928.
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| Abstract
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History of commercial whaling in the Pacific Northwest, primarily in the coastal waters of Washington, British Columbia, and southeastern Alaska, from its shadowy origins in the late 1700s to its demise in western Canada in 1967. Focuses on working lives of the seaman and is illustrated with paintings, prints, and photographs, and a complete transcript of one whaleman's journal.
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| Subject
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Whaling-- British Columbia-- History.
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| Subject
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Whaling-- North America-- Pacific Coast-- History.
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| Dewey Classification
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338.3/7295/091643
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| LC Classification
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SH382.7.W43 1988
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