Living With Whales: Documents and Oral Histories of Native New England Whaling History

Name: Living With Whales: Documents and Oral Histories of Native New England Whaling History
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ISBN: 9781625340818

ISBN-10: 1625340818

ISBN-13: 9781625340818

Edition: 2014

Authors: Nancy Shoemaker

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Native Americans along the coasts of southern New England and Long Island have had close ties to whales for thousands of years. They made a living from the sea and saw in the world's largest beings special power and meaning. After English settlement in the early seventeenth century, the region's natural bounty of these creatures drew Natives and colonists alike to develop whale hunting on an industrial scale. By the nineteenth century, New England dominated the world in whaling, and Native Americans contributed substantially to whaleship crews.In Living with Whales, Nancy Shoemaker reconstructs the history of Native whaling in New England through a diversity of primary documents: explorers'…

Book details

Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Pr
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English