Four Years Aboard the Whaleship.
- Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1860
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1860. xii-413 pp.
Embracing cruises in the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Antarctic Oceans, in the years 1855, 6, 7, 8, 9. The author sailed from New Bedford on the whale ship Pacific. They touched on whaling grounds in the South Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania and then returned by the same route. According to Starbuck she returned with 934 barrels of sperm oil. Howes W-373, Jenkins p. 160, Forster 101. First edition of a scarce whaling title. Front cover detached but present.
Embracing cruises in the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Antarctic Oceans, in the years 1855, 6, 7, 8, 9. The author sailed from New Bedford on the whale ship Pacific. They touched on whaling grounds in the South Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania and then returned by the same route. According to Starbuck she returned with 934 barrels of sperm oil. Howes W-373, Jenkins p. 160, Forster 101. First edition of a scarce whaling title. Front cover detached but present.
Details
Title
Four Years Aboard the Whaleship.
Author
Whitecar, William B. Jr.
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
J. B. Lippincott: Philadelphia
Date
1860