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Narrative of a Whaling Voyage Round the Globe

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Author(s):Frederick Debell Bennett
Illustrator(s):Anonymous
Publisher(s): Richard Bentley
Year Published: 1840
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Adventure
British
Far East
Geography
Nature – Mammals
Sea Stories
Travel and Exploration
Age Range: Ages 13-18: Young Adult
Pages: 796
OCLC: 220072224

Description

Shortly after qualifying as a physician, the author signed on to a three year's voyage on a whaler header for the South Sea fishery.

This two-volume work is considered one of the most accurate descriptions of industry. There are extensive descriptions of flora, fauna and the peoples of the South Pacific. Herman Melville reviewed it favorably.

Read online: volume I and volume II at Internet Archive.

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