3 edition of Whaling industry of New London. found in the catalog.
Whaling industry of New London.
Robert Owen Decker
Published
1974
by Liberty Cap Books in York, Pa
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
Bibliography: p. 183-189.
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | SH383.2 .D42 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 202 p. |
| Number of Pages | 202 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL5305260M |
| ISBN 10 | 0873870565, 0873870557 |
| LC Control Number | 72087999 |
The city of New London, located in—and the city seat of—New London County, sits along the Long Island Sound. Incorporated in as one of the first five Connecticut cities, New London was the colony's first official port. Trade with the West Indies and other colonies made it an important commercial hub. In the 19th century, New London was, by volume, the whaling and sealing industry's. A number of New England towns were heavily involved in whaling, particularly Nantucket and New ket began whaling in after recruiting a whaling instructor, Ichabod Paddock. The south side of the island was divided into three and a half mile sections, each with a mast erected to look for the spouts of right whales.
Logbook page, , , or , kept on board the whaling ship Aeronaut of Mystic, Conn., on a voyage to the South Atlantic whaling grounds. Mystic Seaport HFM 61 The American Offshore Whaling Logbook database, contains records transcribed from whaling log books giving information on the whales seen and captured, and the date and the. The American Whaleman: A Study of Life and Labor in the Whaling Industry (New York et al.: Longmans, Green and Co., ), by Elmo Paul Hohman (page images at HathiTrust) The south sea whaler: a story of the loss of the "Champion" and the adventures of her crew / (London (Paternoster Row) ; New York: T. Nelson and Sons, ), by William.
CHAPTER XV. NEW LONDON - (Continued). Pages - MISCELLANEOUS. Commerce-Whaling-The Port of New London-Custom-House-List of Collectors-The Ferry-New London in Societies-Incorporation of the City-First Charter Election-Officers Elected-Mayors from Organization to Present Time-Schools-The Yellow Fever-The Old Militia-City Hall-Manufactures-Cedar Grove Cemetery-Gas . As stated before, more whaling ships sailed out of New London than in any port in the USA other than New Bedford (of Moby Dick fame, and Nantucket. In fact, the longest whaling voyage in world history was made by the crew of The Nile who set sail from New London in and returned in
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Based upon the biographies that young New London Day reporter Barnard Colby compiled in the s from original documents and family information, this revised version includes an overview of the.
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Technical Developments after Reviews: 1. The first record of a whaling voyage leaving from New London occurred onwhen a Captain Squire set out to hunt whales aboard the sloop Rising Sun.
Ina group of local citizens purchased the ship Dauphin and organized the first New London whaling ship operated by commercial agents. Books shelved as whaling: Moby-Dick or, the Whale by Herman Melville, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick.
From its beginnings New London's history is bound to the sea. Income from the whaling industry alone was fabulous.
Yet the history of this unusual city at the mouth of the Thames, is one of many endeavors. Robert Decker has brought it all together, the pulse, the life, the excitement of a. The Whaling City book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. From its beginnings New London's history is bound to the sea.
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Books Go Search Best Sellers Gift Ideas New Releases Format: Paperback. Commercial whaling in Britain began late in the 16th century and continued after the formation of the United Kingdom and intermittently until the middle of the 20th century.
The trade was broadly divided into two branches. The northern fishery involved hunting the bowhead whale off the coast of Greenland and adjacent islands. The southern fishery was activity anywhere else, including in. Online shopping from a great selection at Books Store.
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Yet the history of this unusual city at the mouth of the Thames, is one of many endeavors. Robert Decker has brought it all together, the pulse, the life.
Founded in and known as "the Whaling City," New London has played an important role in American history since Colonial days. Its natural harbor at the mouth of the Thames River connects the city to the sea. Around the turn of the 20th century, New London flourished as the hub of southeastern Connecticut.
A consolidated data set that includes the crew lists of whaling voyages from New Bedford, Fall River, and Salem, Massachusetts, and in New London, Connecticut, that have been compiled as part of various projects and from various sources over the years.
Sources for American Whaling Voyages.New London is a seaport city and a port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States, located at the mouth of the Thames River in New London County, was one of the world's three busiest whaling ports for several decades beginning in the early 19th century, along with Nantucket and New Bedford, wealth that whaling brought into the city furnished the.From its beginnings New London's history is bound to the sea.
Income from the whaling industry alone was fabulous. Yet the history of this unusual city at the mouth of the Thames, is one of many endeavors.
Robert Decker has brought it all together, the pulse, the life, the excitement of a community over years old. Illuminated by more than
