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	Book Whaling Voyage Life & Industry 1841 Antiques: : History Nautical Whaling Whale Boo: Item #: MAL-MAL-3209
	Price: $1,295.00 USD Shipping Continental US: Free Shipping Outside US: Request Quote
	Now this is one very amazing book.Incidents of a Whaling Voyage To which are added observations on the Scenery ,Manners & Customs, and Missionary Stations, of the Sandwich & Society Islands.New York Appleton 1841.Octavo,original gilt & blind -stamped brown cloth:First Edition of “One of the earliest accounts of the Sperm Whale Industry” Illustrated with 12 Lithographs :Scarce only 7 Copies known to exist (at the time this info was catalogued by the book seller ,I have just completed a new search & I find no copies at all)Olmstead was a passenger on the Whale Ship “North America” traveling throughout the Pacfic,visiting & describing a number of Islands & they’re Inhabitants, Including the Azores, Cape Horn ,The Sandwich Islands, Hawaii & Tahiti.Olmstead discusses at length the history of whaling ,the varieties of Whales, the methods of attacking & capturing whales, as well as the life of the whaler & the whaling industry as a whole. The condition is as you would expect with a good amount of foxing on every page .For me it is an amazing feeling to just look at this book & realize that this very volume was created 168 years ago & still survives today ,what a monumental undertaking this must have been & what a brave & curious man this was to want & feel the need to document this information for future generations. I feel certain that this would be a very important acquisition for the serious Nautical Library.
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