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Publication Date
2004-02-28
Pages
310
ISBN
9780904180824
EAN
9780904180824

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
0904180824
ISBN-13
9780904180824
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6053388

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
310 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Arctic Whaling Journals of William Scoresby the Younger / Volume I / the Voyages of 1811, 1812 And 1813
Subject
Ecosystems & Habitats / Polar Regions, General, Fisheries & Aquaculture
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Author
William Scoresby
Subject Area
Nature, Technology & Engineering, History
Series
Hakluyt Society, Third Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2004-445100
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Series Volume Number
12
Number of Volumes
3 vols.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
919.804
Table Of Content
Contents: Illustrations and maps; Preface; Glossary; Introduction: The journals; The Scoresby family; Whitby and the whaling industry in the early 19th century; The Bowhead whale; The whaling process; Whaling in wartime; Father and son: The Scoresbys and their ships 1811-13; 'Open' and 'close' seasons; Scoresby's navigation; Conclusion: the emerging Arctic scientist; The Journals of William Scoresby the Younger: Journal of the 1811 voyage; Journal of the 1812 voyage; Journal of the 1813 voyage; List of works cited; Index.
Synopsis
The Arctic Whaling Journals of William Scoresby the Younger is the first of three projected volumes of the unpublished journals kept by William Scoresby (1789-1857) of his voyages to the Arctic. Scoresby made his first voyage in the whaler Resolution from Whitby to the Greenland Sea, west of Spitsbergen, in 1800. Three years later he was formally apprenticed to his father and another three years saw him promoted to chief officer. On 5 October 1810, his twenty-first birthday, 'the earliest at which, by reason of age, I could legally hold a command', his father moved to Greenock and another ship, relinquishing the Resolution to his son.Another ten years would see the publication of what has been described as 'one of the most remarkable books in the English language', his two-volume An Account of the Arctic Regions, with a History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery (1820). Even before he took command of the Resolution, two developments had occurred that, when combined with his seamanship and whaling skill, were to make that book 'the foundation stone of Arctic science' and cause the journals of his annual voyages to be remarkable accounts in their own right. First, Scoresby had studied, during two brief winters at the University of Edinburgh. Teachers such as John Playfair and Robert Jameson had made him aware of the scientific importance of his arctic experience. Together with Sir Joseph Banks, the president of the Royal Society, they encouraged him to observe, experiment and record, and provided opportunities for his data to be published. Secondly, this encouragement, and the study habits he developed at Edinburgh, led Scoresby to expand the logs of his arctic voyages into lengthy journals that contained scientific records and social and religious comment as well as detailed descriptions of navigation and whaling., William Scoresby (1789-1857) made his first voyage in the whaler Resolution from Whitby to the Greenland Sea, west of Spitsbergen, in 1800. Three years later he was formally apprenticed to his father and another three years saw him promoted to chief officer. On 5 October 1810, his twenty-first birthday, 'the earliest at which, by reason of age, I could legally hold a command', his father moved to Greenock and another ship, relinquishing the Resolution to his son. Another ten years would see the publication of what has been described as 'one of the most remarkable books in the English language', his two-volume An Account of the Arctic Regions, with a History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery (1820). Even before he took command of the Resolution, two developments had occurred that, when combined with his seamanship and whaling skill, were to make that book 'the foundation stone of Arctic science' and cause the journals of his annual voyages to be remarkable accounts in their own right. First, Scoresby had studied, during two brief winters at the University of Edinburgh. Teachers such as John Playfair and Robert Jameson had made him aware of the scientific importance of his arctic experience. Together with Sir Joseph Banks, the president of the Royal Society, they encouraged him to observe, experiment and record, and provided opportunities for his data to be published. Secondly, this encouragement, and the study habits he developed at Edinburgh, led Scoresby to expand the logs of his arctic voyages into lengthy journals that contained scientific records and social and religious comment as well as detailed descriptions of navigation and whaling., The Arctic Whaling Journals of William Scoresby the Younger is the first of three projected volumes of the unpublished journals kept by William Scoresby (1789-1857) of his voyages to the Arctic. Scoresby made his first voyage in the whaler Resolution from Whitby to the Greenland Sea, west of Spitsbergen, in 1800 and in 1810, on his twenty-first birthday, 'the earliest at which, by reason of age, I could legally hold a command', his father relinquished the Resolution to him. A brief spell at Edinburgh University, and the encouragement of John Playfair, Robert Jameson and Sir Joseph Banks, stimulated his scientific observations, and in 1820 he published what has been called 'the foundation stone of Arctic science'. The lengthy journals of his annual voyages are remarkable accounts in their own right, containing scientific records and social and religious comment as well as detailed descriptions of navigation and whaling.
LC Classification Number
G742

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