The Whalemen

The Whalemen

Author: Edouard A. Stackpole

Publisher: New Word City

Published: 2016-03-16

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 1612309445

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No other enterprise in America's history ever approached whaling for adventure. Here, award-winning historian Edouard A. Stackpole describes the early Colonial days when boat crews attacked whales near shore through the development of deep-sea whaling by the hardy Quaker whalemen of Nantucket and on into the adventure-packed century when Yankee whalemen made the world their domain.


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Download or read book The Whalemen written by Edouard A. Stackpole and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No other enterprise in America's history ever approached whaling for adventure. Here, award-winning historian Edouard A. Stackpole describes the early Colonial days when boat crews attacked whales near shore through the development of deep-sea whaling by the hardy Quaker whalemen of Nantucket and on into the adventure-packed century when Yankee whalemen made the world their domain.


Native American Whalemen and the World

Native American Whalemen and the World

Author: Nancy Shoemaker

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2015-04-27

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1469622580

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In the nineteenth century, nearly all Native American men living along the southern New England coast made their living traveling the world's oceans on whaleships. Many were career whalemen, spending twenty years or more at sea. Their labor invigorated economically depressed reservations with vital income and led to complex and surprising connections with other Indigenous peoples, from the islands of the Pacific to the Arctic Ocean. At home, aboard ship, or around the world, Native American seafarers found themselves in a variety of situations, each with distinct racial expectations about who was "Indian" and how "Indians" behaved. Treated by their white neighbors as degraded dependents incapable of taking care of themselves, Native New Englanders nevertheless rose to positions of command at sea. They thereby complicated myths of exploration and expansion that depicted cultural encounters as the meeting of two peoples, whites and Indians. Highlighting the shifting racial ideologies that shaped the lives of these whalemen, Nancy Shoemaker shows how the category of "Indian" was as fluid as the whalemen were mobile.


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Download or read book Native American Whalemen and the World written by Nancy Shoemaker and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2015-04-27 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the nineteenth century, nearly all Native American men living along the southern New England coast made their living traveling the world's oceans on whaleships. Many were career whalemen, spending twenty years or more at sea. Their labor invigorated economically depressed reservations with vital income and led to complex and surprising connections with other Indigenous peoples, from the islands of the Pacific to the Arctic Ocean. At home, aboard ship, or around the world, Native American seafarers found themselves in a variety of situations, each with distinct racial expectations about who was "Indian" and how "Indians" behaved. Treated by their white neighbors as degraded dependents incapable of taking care of themselves, Native New Englanders nevertheless rose to positions of command at sea. They thereby complicated myths of exploration and expansion that depicted cultural encounters as the meeting of two peoples, whites and Indians. Highlighting the shifting racial ideologies that shaped the lives of these whalemen, Nancy Shoemaker shows how the category of "Indian" was as fluid as the whalemen were mobile.


America's Early Whalemen

America's Early Whalemen

Author: John A Strong

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2020-08-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780816541515

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The Indians of coastal Long Island were closely attuned to their maritime environment. They hunted sea mammals, fished in coastal waters, and harvested shellfish. To celebrate the deep-water spirits, they sacrificed the tail and fins of the most powerful and awesome denizen of their maritime world—the whale. These Native Americans were whalemen, integral to the origin and development of the first American whaling enterprise in the years 1650 to 1750. America’s Early Whalemen examines this early chapter of an iconic American historical experience. John A. Strong’s research draws on exhaustive sources, domestic and international, including little-known documents such as the whaling contracts of 340 Native American whalers, personal accounting books of whaling company owners, London customs records, estate inventories, and court records. Strong addresses labor relations, the role of alcohol and debt, the patterns of cultural accommodations by Native Americans, and the emergence of corporate capitalism in colonial America. When Strong began teaching at Long Island University in 1964, he found little mention of the local Indigenous people in history books. The Shinnecocks and the neighboring tribes of Unkechaugs and Montauketts were treated as background figures for the celebratory narrative of the “heroic” English settlers. America’s Early Whalemen highlights the important contributions of Native peoples to colonial America.


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Download or read book America's Early Whalemen written by John A Strong and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2020-08-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indians of coastal Long Island were closely attuned to their maritime environment. They hunted sea mammals, fished in coastal waters, and harvested shellfish. To celebrate the deep-water spirits, they sacrificed the tail and fins of the most powerful and awesome denizen of their maritime world—the whale. These Native Americans were whalemen, integral to the origin and development of the first American whaling enterprise in the years 1650 to 1750. America’s Early Whalemen examines this early chapter of an iconic American historical experience. John A. Strong’s research draws on exhaustive sources, domestic and international, including little-known documents such as the whaling contracts of 340 Native American whalers, personal accounting books of whaling company owners, London customs records, estate inventories, and court records. Strong addresses labor relations, the role of alcohol and debt, the patterns of cultural accommodations by Native Americans, and the emergence of corporate capitalism in colonial America. When Strong began teaching at Long Island University in 1964, he found little mention of the local Indigenous people in history books. The Shinnecocks and the neighboring tribes of Unkechaugs and Montauketts were treated as background figures for the celebratory narrative of the “heroic” English settlers. America’s Early Whalemen highlights the important contributions of Native peoples to colonial America.


The Whale and His Captors, Or, The Whaleman's Adventures and the Whale's Biography

The Whale and His Captors, Or, The Whaleman's Adventures and the Whale's Biography

Author: Henry Theodore Cheever

Publisher:

Published: 1851

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13:

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Songs the Whalemen Sang

Songs the Whalemen Sang

Author: Gale Huntington

Publisher:

Published: 1970

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13:

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The Whaleman's Adventures in the Southern Ocean

The Whaleman's Adventures in the Southern Ocean

Author: Henry Theodore Cheever

Publisher:

Published: 1862

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book The Whaleman's Adventures in the Southern Ocean written by Henry Theodore Cheever and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:


Songs the Whalemen Sang

Songs the Whalemen Sang

Author: Gale Huntington

Publisher: Mystic Seaport Museum

Published: 1964

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780939511099

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Texts of the songs, with music.


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Download or read book Songs the Whalemen Sang written by Gale Huntington and published by Mystic Seaport Museum. This book was released on 1964 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texts of the songs, with music.


The American Whaleman

The American Whaleman

Author: Elmo Paul Hohman

Publisher:

Published: 1928

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13:

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The Arctic Whaleman, Or, Winter in the Arctic Ocean

The Arctic Whaleman, Or, Winter in the Arctic Ocean

Author: Lewis Holmes

Publisher:

Published: 1857

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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Holmes tells the story second hand, having heard it from four of the seamen involved. The Citizen was wrecked on the Chukotsk Peninsula Siberia, and this account includes much on the Eskimo, and notes on a stop in Hilo on the voyage out.


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Download or read book The Arctic Whaleman, Or, Winter in the Arctic Ocean written by Lewis Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holmes tells the story second hand, having heard it from four of the seamen involved. The Citizen was wrecked on the Chukotsk Peninsula Siberia, and this account includes much on the Eskimo, and notes on a stop in Hilo on the voyage out.


A Whaleman's Adventures in the Sandwich Islands and California

A Whaleman's Adventures in the Sandwich Islands and California

Author: William Henry Thomes

Publisher:

Published: 1890

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book A Whaleman's Adventures in the Sandwich Islands and California written by William Henry Thomes and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: