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MARC recordWhaling by peasant fisherman in Norway, Orkney, Shetland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Norse Greenland: Mediaeval and early modern whaling methods and inshore legal régimes / Ole Lindquist.
| Title: | Whaling by peasant fisherman in Norway, Orkney, Shetland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Norse Greenland: Mediaeval and early modern whaling methods and inshore legal régimes / Ole Lindquist. |
| Author(s): | Lindquist, Ole. |
| Date: | 1993. |
| Publisher: | Sandefjord, Norway: Kommandør Chr. Christensens Hvalfangstmuseum |
| In: | Whaling and history : perspectives on the evolution of the industry. (1993.), |
| Abstract: | Author believes that harpooning of whales was introduced by Basques in 17th Cent., and that laws on ownership of carcasses inshore were devised for whales that had been driven ashore or speared at sea. He quotes several accounts of whaling and does not detect any mention of harpoons or lines. He considers problem of making suitable line from hide or bast. New harpoon types were introduced from New England in 19th Cent. |
| Notes: | In: Whaling and history : perspectives on the evolution of the industry / Bjørn L. Basberg, Jan Erik Ringstad, Einar Wexelsen, eds. |
| Keywords: | 639.2.081 -- Fishing, methods and equipment. 639.245.1 -- Whaling industry. N -- Renewable resources. (*61) -- North Atlantic Ocean. (*614) -- Greenland waters. (*615) -- Norwegian Sea. (*616) -- Iceland waters. |
| SPRI record no.: | 124877 |
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