Final Voyage : a Story of Arctic Disaster and One Fateful Whaling Season / by Peter Nichols

Nichols, Peter

2009, First Edition. New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons. In 1871, an entire fleet of whaling ships was caught in an Arctic ice storm and destroyed. Though few lives were lost, the damage would forever shape one of America’s most distinctive commodities: oil. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 294 pages; Description: 294 p. : ill. , map ; 24 cm. Map on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-294) . Subjects: Whaling - Arctic regions --History --19th century. Item #154876

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