| #1642532 in eBooks | 2014-11-17 | 2014-11-17 | File type: PDF||About the Author|Dale Vinnedge has studied the history of Pacific Northwest whaling for more than 30 years, researching the subject through newspapers local to the whaling stations. Vinnedge volunteers at the library and currently is a director and past presiden
Pacific Northwest waters from Alaska to Oregon lie between the Arctic whaling grounds and the home whaling ports of San Francisco and Honolulu. While the Pacific Northwest was not a whaling destination, whales in these rich grounds were pursued for many years as whale ships moved between the whalers’ summer whaling grounds and southern home ports. After 1900, whaling in the north Pacific changed from sailing ships to modern, steam-powered iron ships and harpoon can...
You easily download any file type for your device.Pacific Northwest's Whaling Coast (Images of America) | Dale Vinnedge. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
