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Record #93127:

On the northwest: commercial whaling in the Pacific northwest 1790-1967 / Robert Lloyd Webb.

Title: On the northwest: commercial whaling in the Pacific northwest 1790-1967 / Robert Lloyd Webb.
Author(s): Webb, Robert Lloyd.
Date: 1988.
Publisher: Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press
Abstract: Examines commercial whaling primarily in coastal waters of Washington, British Columbia, and south-eastern Alaska. Shows how technological advances led to end of industry by depleting stocks. Extensive bibliography.
Keywords: 338.7 -- Companies.
639.245.1 -- Whaling industry.
93 -- History.
V -- History.
(*3) -- Arctic regions.
(*429) -- British Columbia.
(*49) -- Alaska.
(*60) -- Arctic Ocean and adjacent waters.
(*66) -- North Pacific Ocean.
(79) -- Pacific states.
Location(s): SCO: SPRI-SHF: 639.245.1 : (*3)[1988]
SPRI record no.: 93127

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