Harpooner : : A Four-Year Voyage on the Barque Kathleen, 188-1884 / / Robert Ferguson; ed. by Leslie Dalrymple Stair.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Ferguson, Robert,
• MitwirkendeR: Quinn, Paul,
• HerausgeberIn: Stair, Leslie Dalrymple,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2017]; ©1936
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Anniversary Collection
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 16 illus.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; PREFACE --; CONTENTS --; BRIEF SKETCH OF ROBERT FERGUSON’S LIFE --; I. FROM NEW BEDFORD TO THE WHALING GROUNDS NEAR THE AZORES --; II. OFF GIBRALTAR AND SOUTH TO TRISTAN DA CUNHA --; III. FROM TRISTAN DA CUNHA TO ST. HELENA --; IV. FROM ST. HELENA TO COMORO, SEYCHELLES, JAVA, CELEBES, AND BACK TO COMORO --; V. AT JOHANNA, COMORO ISLANDS, ZANZIBAR, AND BACK TO JOHANNA --; VI. FROM COMORO ISLANDS AND MOZAMBIQUE TO ST. HELENA --; VII. FROM ST. HELENA TO KABINDA, CONGO, AFRICA --; VIII. FROM KABINDA, CONGO, AFRICA TO ST. HELENA --; IX. AT ST. HELENA, THENCE TO MAYUMBA, AFRICA, AND BACK TO ST. HELENA --; X. FROM ST. HELENA AS MASTER OF A SHIP TO BOSTON --; XI. FROM BOSTON TO LIVERPOOL, ST. HELENA AND ST. PAUL, DE LOANDA, AFRICA --; XII. FROM ST. PAUL DE LOANDA TO THE SOUTH ATLANTIC WHALING GROUNDS --; XIII. FROM THE SOUTH ATLANTIC WHALING GROUNDS TO ST. HELENA --; XIV. AT ST. HELENA --; XV. FROM ST. HELENA TO NEW BEDFORD --; APPENDIX: GLOSSARY OF NAUTICAL AND WHALING TERMS --; APPENDIX: THE "LAY," CATCH OR WAGES
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512815849; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512815849
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Robert Ferguson; ed. by Leslie Dalrymple Stair.

A stirring, authentic record of whale chasing in three oceans--full of excitement, courage, humor, tragedy, colorful personalities, strange scenes--told with direct and intimate charm. Vividly illustrated by Paul Quinn.