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THE CRUISE OF THE CACHALOT IBD

BOOK JUNGLE
05 / 2008
9781605976617
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Sinopsis

In the following pages an attempt has been made--it is believed for the first time--to give an account of the cruise of a South Sea whaler from the seaman?s standpoint. Two very useful books have been published--both of them over half a century ago--on the same subject, but, being written by the surgeons of whale- ships for scientific purposes, neither of them was interesting to the general reader. ['Narrative of a Whaling Voyage round the Globe,' by F Debell Bennett, F.R.C.S. (2 vols). Bentley, London (1840). 'The Sperm Whale Fishery,' by Thomas Beale, M.R.C.S. London (1835).] They have both been long out of print, but their value to the student of natural history has been, and still is, very great, Dr. Beale?s book, in particular, being still the authority on the sperm whale...'

PVP
27,31