Trying Out : : An Anatomy of Dutch Whaling and Sealing in the Nineteenth Century, 1815-1885 / / Joost C. A. Schokkenbroek; ed. by W. Koetsenruijter, J. de Jong, Hetty Berg.

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• VerfasserIn: Schokkenbroek, Joost C. A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Berg, Hetty,; Koetsenruijter, W.,; de Jong, J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (366 p.)

This study describes and analyses a wide array of initiatives leading to the hunt, by Dutch whalemen, of whales and seals in Arctic waters, the temperate zones of the South Pacific and the waters of the Dutch East Indies during the major part of the nineteenth century (1815-1885) an era neglected so far.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- List of Tables -- List of Illustrations -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Dutch Whaling and Sealing in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries -- Chapter 2: King Willem I and the Premium System (1815-1855) -- Chapter 3: Nineteenth-Century Dutch Whaling in the South Seas (1827-1849) -- Chapter 4: Nineteenth-Century Dutch Whaling and Sealing in the Arctic (1815-1885) -- Chapter 5: Ships and men. Driving and Floating Forces -- Chapter 6: Clients, Commodities, and Distribution -- Chapter 7: Profitability of Dutch Involvement in the Whaling and Sealing Industries -- Summaries -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Curriculum vitae -- Index