UID:
almafu_9959232327102883
Format:
1 online resource (461 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :
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illustrations, maps, photographs
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4214-2099-6
Content:
The result is a single volume that offers a comprehensive understanding of North Atlantic right whales, the role they played in the many cultures that hunted them, and our modern attempts to help them recover.
Note:
Includes index.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Rescuing Nantucket -- 2. What's in a Name? -- 3. Foraging with a Smile -- 4. Evolution -- 5. The Origin of Whaling -- 6. Medieval Whaling in Northern Europe -- 7. Ghost Whalers -- 8. Basque Whaling in Terranova -- 9. The Dawn of International Whaling -- 10. A Fitful Start for Colonial Whalers -- 11. Long Island Whaling -- 12. Cape Cod Whaling -- 13. Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and Cape May -- 14. Whaling from the Carolinas to Florida -- 15. Estimating Pre-exploitation Population Size -- 16. A Second Chance -- 17. A Dedicated Recovery Program -- 18. Nobody Wants to Hit a Whale -- 19. Slow Speed Ahead -- 20. Entanglement -- 21. Oh, What a Tangled Web -- 22. Ten Thousand Right Whales -- Appendix -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4214-2098-8
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
