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MARC recordThe whale and his captors: or, the whaleman's adventures and the whale's biography as gathered on the homeward cruise of the 'Commodore Preble' / Henry Theodore Cheever.
| Title: | The whale and his captors: or, the whaleman's adventures and the whale's biography as gathered on the homeward cruise of the 'Commodore Preble' / Henry Theodore Cheever. |
| Author(s): | Cheever, Henry Theodore. |
| Date: | [1850?] |
| Publisher: | Glasgow: William Collins |
| Abstract: | General account and history of whaling, and description of whales, by American clergyman on homeward cruise of whaler Commodore Preble (Capt. Lafayette Ludlow) in South Pacific and South Atlantic, 1849. Includes numerous moral hints and lessons, with pleas for sabbath-keeping on whaleships. |
| Notes: | First published: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849. |
| Keywords: | 599.5 -- Cetacea. 629.12 -- Vessels: Commodore Preble. 629.124.722 -- Whaling vessels. 23/28 -- Christianity. 639.245.1 -- Whaling industry: American. 93"184" -- 1840-1849. H6 -- Zoology: mammals. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SPC: 639.245.1[1850] |
| SPRI record no.: | 3139 |
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