Description: About this productProduct InformationThe Arctic Whaling Journals of William Scoresby the Younger is the first of three projected volumes of the unpublished journals kept by William Scoresby (1789-1857) of his voyages to the Arctic. Scoresby made his first voyage in the whaler Resolution from Whitby to the Greenland Sea, west of Spitsbergen, in 1800 and in 1810, on his twenty-first birthday, 'the earliest at which, by reason of age, I could legally hold a command', his father relinquished the Resolution to him. A brief spell at Edinburgh University, and the encouragement of John Playfair, Robert Jameson and Sir Joseph Banks, stimulated his scientific observations, and in 1820 he published what has been called 'the foundation stone of Arctic science'. The lengthy journals of his annual voyages are remarkable accounts in their own right, containing scientific records and social and religious comment as well as detailed descriptions of navigation and whaling.Product IdentifiersPublisherRoutledgeISBN-100904180824ISBN-139780904180824eBay Product ID (ePID)6053388Product Key FeaturesFormatHardcoverPublication Year2004LanguageEnglishDimensionsWeight31.3 OzWidth7.2in.Height1.1in.Length10in.Additional Product FeaturesNumber of Volumes3 Vols.Dewey Edition21Table of ContentContents: Illustrations and maps; Preface; Glossary; Introduction: The journals; The Scoresby family; Whitby and the whaling industry in the early 19th century; The Bowhead whale; The whaling process; Whaling in wartime; Father and son: The Scoresbys and their ships 1811-13; 'Open' and 'close' seasons; Scoresby's navigation; Conclusion: the emerging Arctic scientist; The Journals of William Scoresby the Younger: Journal of the 1811 voyage; Journal of the 1812 voyage; Journal of the 1813 voyage; List of works cited; Index.Series Volume Number12IllustratedYesDewey Decimal919.804Age LevelCollege AudienceSeriesHakluyt Society, Third Ser.Copyright Date2004AuthorWilliam ScoresbyNumber of Pages310 PagesLc Classification NumberG742Lccn2004-445100
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Publication Date: 2004-02-28
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Author: William Scoresby
Publication Name: Arctic Whaling Journals of William Scoresby the Younger / Volume I / the Voyages of 1811, 1812 And 1813
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Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2004
Series: Hakluyt Society, Third Ser.
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Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 310 Pages
