A series of 12 British Acts of Parliament concerning whaling, mostly in Greenland and the Davis Strait

by British Acts of Parliament Greenland Whale Fishery

$750 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Disbound or stitched A fascinating series spanning the whole of the period when whaling was carried out on a successful commercial basis in the waters off Greenland. After an abortive start by the South Sea Company between 1724 and 1732, the British whaling fleet operated off Greenland and the Davis Strait throughout the remainder of the 18th century, with increasing success due to a large degree to the succession of bounties granted to ship owners by the British

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