Название: Whaling on Martha's Vineyard
Автор: Thomas Dresser
Издательство: The History Press
Год: 2018
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 176
Размер: 20,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

Martha's Vineyard became an integral part of the whaling industry at the beginning of the eighteenth century and inspired a lasting romantic enthusiasm for life on the open ocean. From shorewhaling to daring voyages into the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans, the insular whaling community offered a tempting path for many young Vineyarders to rise from cabin boy to captain.