Information extracted from LLoyd's list, Lloyd's register of shipping, the Register of the Society of Merchants, and the Sydney Gazetteer of Shipping, and other materials.
Captain Ahab's obsession with the white whale will seem like a minor eccentricity compared to the tales in this beautifully written adventure story about life on the high seas.
Ships Employed in the South Seas Trade, 1775-1859 (part I): Admiralty Protections from Impressment, 1777-1811 (part II) ; Aspects of...
Un vieil homme, dépassé par les récriminations dont il fait l'objet en raison de son métier de chasseur, se souvient de la première pêche aux phoques à laquelle il prit part dans sa jeunesse.