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

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

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