History of the American Whale Fishery from its Earliest Inception to the Year 1876, in Two Volumes [Whaling]

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vii, 407; 408-779 pp. 8vo. 1964 reissue of the work originally published in Part IV of the Report of the U.S. Commission on Fish and Fisheries, Washington, 1878. An edition was als o issued privately by the author in the same year. This limited edition of 750 copies includes a new introduction by Stuart C. Sherman. Photographic frontispiece of author, maps on endpapers. Starbuck also wrote a history of Nantucket (not included here), which was an important hub for the whaling industry. Can we also take a moment to appreciate the fact that there exists a history of whaling by someone named Starbuck? We feel confident that Herman Melville would approve. This is more than simple coincidence, though: Starbuck was a prominent Quaker family name in Nantucket. Several of them were whalers, and an island in the South Pacific whaling grounds is named after them. Show more