Title
Etchings of a Whaling Cruise : With Notes of a Sojourn on the Island of Zanzibar : To which is Appended a Brief History of the Whale Fishery, its Past and Present Condition
Reference Number
G545 .B88 1846
Creator
Date
1846
Format
Publisher
Description
Browne's work presents life on an American whaling ship in the 1840s and provides important information on whaling in the Pacific. It also served as a resource for the creation of Herman Melville's books Moby Dick, Typee, Omoo, and White-Jacket.
Extent (Pages, Duration, Dimensions)
580 pages
Is Part Of
Pacific Collection, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library
Page Location
45