So Ends This Day: The Portuguese in American Whaling, 1765-1927

Book

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Historic Stonington

Name/Title

So Ends This Day: The Portuguese in American Whaling, 1765-1927

Entry/Object ID

2010.46

Description

"In the first half of the nineteenth century whaling was one of the young Amereican nation's most important industries, providing lubricants and illumination as well as baleen, the plastic of its day. [This book] traces the history of the American whaling industry from its seventeenth century beginnings in Massachusettws and Long Island to its demise in the third decade of the twentieth century, whikle highlighting the role of its Portuguese participants...." Physical Description: Softcover book

Collection

Maritime Collection

Book Details

Author

Warrin, Donald

Edition

First

Publisher

Univeristy of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

Place Published

Location

Dartmouth MA

Date Published

1765 - 1927

Publication Language

English

Call No.

910.4 W Maritime

ISBN

1-933227-28-1

Notes

Date: 2010 Copy No.: 1