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