The British whaling trade Jackson, Gordon 1934- creator International Maritime Economic History Association text bibliography biography History. Statistics. nfc 2005 monographic eng print xvi, 293 pages ; 23 cm. Northern adventures and the Spitsbergen trade, c. 1604-1670 -- Lost hopes and expensive failures, c. 1670-1750 -- The rise of the Greenland trade, 1750-1783 -- The boom in the northern fishery, 1783-c. 1808 -- Expansion south of the Arctic seas, c. 1776-c. 1808 -- Decline in the north in the early nineteenth century -- Expansion and failure of the southern fishery, c. 1808-1840 -- The end of the northern fishery in the late nineteenth century -- New whaling techniques -- New whaling areas -- Advances in oil technology -- Expanding fleets and the new fishing grounds, 1919-1920 -- Crisis and contraction, 1929-1932 -- Regulated recklessness, 1932-1939 -- The final fling, 1945-1963. Gordon Jackson. Earlier edition published 1978. Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and index. e-uk--- Whaling Great Britain History Whaling Economic aspects Great Britain History Whaling Great Britain Statistics Baleines Chasse Grande-Bretagne Histoire Baleines Chasse Aspect économique Grande-Bretagne Histoire Baleines Chasse Grande-Bretagne Statistiques Whaling Whaling Economic aspects Great Britain Walvisvangst Walfang Grossbritannien Baleines - Chasse - Aspect économique - Grande-Bretagne - Histoire Baleines - Chasse - Grande-Bretagne - Histoire Baleines - Chasse - Grande-Bretagne - Statistiques Walfang Großbritannien Valfångst historia Storbritannien Geschichte 1604-1963. swd Geschichte 1604-1963. SH383.5.G7 J33 2005 338.3/72950941 338.3/7295041 15.70 NW 3060 British whaling trade Jackson, Gordon, 1934- St. John's, Nfld. : International Maritime Economic History Association, 2005 (OCoLC)612769588 Research in maritime history ; no. 29 0973007397 9780973007398 2006373542 NLC 060323 20170926141757.0 in00003737388 eng