This book tells the story of the world's first "commercial" whalers, the Basques of 10th century France and Spain, of the birth of the whaling industry during the settlement of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, of the Yankee sperm whale fishery out of Nantucket and New Bedford and of whaling in Indonesia, Norway and Japan. The author writes about the massive slaughter of whales in this century and the worldwide campaign to protect them, as well as including chapters on whale-watching and whales in literature and film.
- ISBN10 0709047339
- ISBN13 9780709047339
- Publish Date February 1992 (first published 2 November 1991)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 January 1997
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher The Crowood Press Ltd
- Imprint Robert Hale Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 496
- Language English