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...f Kamehameha. 10 -- Liholiho becomes Kamehameha II. 15 -- "End the Kapu!". 21 -- Captain Louis de Frequcinet. 29 -- "The Sandalwood Trade". 32 -- The Whaling Industry. 40 -- Seven Major Changes. 49 -- The Kapu is Broken. 58 -- Kekuaokalani and the Battle at Kuamoo, Kona. 67 -- The Christian Missionaries. 78 -- From Kailua-Kona to Honolulu. 88 -- Visit to Kauai. 94 -- Lihol...

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...Joel Shore, newly appointed captain of the whaling ship Nathan Ross following his brother's apparent demise as captain of the same ship, elects to make his first cruise as captain to the very location where his brother had last been seen - the Gilbert Islands, in orde...

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...unt by the crazed Captain Ahab of the book’s eponymous white whale. But interspersed in that story are digressions, paradoxes, philosophical riffs on whaling and life, and a display of techniques so advanced for its time that some have referred to the 1851 Moby Dick as the first “modern” novel. (Summary by Stewart Wills)...

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...antucket is Edgar Allan Poe’s only complete novel, published in 1838.The work relates the tale of the young Arthur Gordon Pym who stows away aboard a whaling ship called Grampus. Various adventures and mis-adventures befall Pym including shipwreck, mutiny and cannibalism. The story starts out as a fairly conventional adventure at sea, but it becomes increasingly strange an...

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...A fatherless boy joins the crew of a whaling ship in order to earn a living for himself and his mother. Beyond being a fascinating depiction of a now-alien time, occupation, and culture, it's also a rousing adventure story. One is left with the impression that h...

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...er parents on a farm, and is loved by her rather dull Quaker cousin Philip. She, however, meets and falls in love with Charlie Kinraid, a sailor on a whaling vessel, and they become engaged, although few people know of the engagement. But Charlie gets press-ganged and has to leave without a word... (Summary from Wikipedia)...

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...115 -- Amending the Constitution of 1852. 119 -- Death of Kamehameha IV and Accession of Kamehameha V. 124 -- Constitution of 1864. 127 -- Decline of Whaling Industry. 135 -- Growth of Sugar Industry. 140 -- Other Agricultural Activity. 149 -- Hawaii's Trade Balance. 163 -- Steamship Service: Interisland. 164 -- Steamship Service: Transoceanic. 168 -- Hotel and Public Work...

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...South Seas is Herman Melville's sequel to Typee , and, as such, was also autobiographical. After leaving Nuku Hiva, the main character ships aboard a whaling vessel which makes its way to Tahiti, after which there is a mutiny and the majority of the crew are imprisoned on Tahiti. The book follows the actions of the narrator as he explores Tahiti and remarks on their custom...

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...L BEAUTY AND SPLENDOR, THE 50TH STATE OF AMERICA FROM EARLY TRADING TO WHALING, PINEAPPLE, AND TOURISM INDUSTRIES, HAWAI‘I’S STRATEGIC LOCATION HA...

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...C, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOOC, ISO, ITU, IWC International Whaling Commission, IWC International Wheat Council, LAIA, NAM, OAS, PAHO... ...F, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOOC, IPU, IRC, ISO, ITC, ITU, IWC International Whaling Com- mission, IWC International Wheat Coun- cil, OECD, SPF, UN, U... ...y Group, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IPU, ISO, ITC, ITU, IWC International Whaling Com- mission, IWC International Wheat Coun- cil, NATO, OAS (obser... ...F, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOOC, IPU, IRC, ISO, ITC, ITU, IWC International Whaling Commission, NATO (signatory), OAS (observer), OECD, South Pacific... ..., IFC, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IPU, ITU, IWC Interna- tional Whaling Commission, NATO, Nordic Council, OECD, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO... ...up, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IPU, IRC, ISO, ITC, ITU, IWC International Whaling Commission, IWC International Wheat Council, OECD, UN, UNESCO, UP... ...AD, IFC, IHO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IPU, IRC, ITU, IWC International Whaling Commission, IWC International Wheat Council, UNCTAD, UNDP, UNESCO... ... Study Group, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IRC, ISO, ITU, IWC International Whaling Commission, LAIA, OAS, PAHO, SELA, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WM... ...TERPOL, International Lead and Zinc Study Group, IPU, ITU, IWC International Whaling Commission, IWC International Wheat Council, NATO, Nordic Council...

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...ls of the Chiapas region in Mexico. Norwegian NGO's sent members to forcibly board whaling ships. In the USA, anti-abortion activists have murdered...

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...affins Bay. The experience of the last few expeditions led to the selection of whaling vessels for this service, they being better fitted, both to end...

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.... 254 56 Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales and the True Pictures of Whaling Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 57 Of ... ...rgin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 82 The Honor and Glory of Whaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 83 Jonah Historically Regarde... ...k of all the known species of the whale tribe.” Frederick Debell Bennett’s Whaling Voyage Round the Globe. 1840. October 13. “There she blows,” was su... ...er and lightning! so near! Call all hands!” J. Ross Browne’s Etchings of a Whaling Cruise. 1846. “The Whale ship Globe, on board of which vessel occur... ...otally different air from those engaged in a regular voyage.” Currents and Whaling. U.S. Ex. Ex. “Pedestrians in the vicinity of London and elsewhere ... ... Whale ship Hobomock. “It is generally well known that out of the crews of Whaling vessels (American) few ever return in the ships on board of which t... ...h the mere appliance of a rope tied to the root of his tail.” A Chapter on Whaling in Ribs and Trucks. “On one occasion I saw two of these monsters (w... ...the sea as a merchant sailor, I should now take it into my head to go on a whaling voyage; this the invisible police officer of the Fates, who has the ... ...— he can better answer than any one else. And, doubtless, my going on this whaling voyage, formed part of the grand programme of Providence that was d...

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...of all the known species of the whale tribe.” —Frederick Debell Bennett’ s Whaling Voyage Round the Globe, 1840. 11 Herman Melville October 13. “Ther... ...nd lightning! so near! Call all hands.” —J. Ross Browne’ s Etch- ings of a Whaling Cruize. 1846. “The Whale-ship Globe, on board of which vessel occur... ...totally different air from those engaged in regular voyage.” —Currents and Whaling. U.S. Ex. Ex. “Pedestrians in the vicinity of London and elsewhere ... ... whale-ship Hobomack. “It is generally well known that out of the crews of Whaling vessels (American) few ever return in the ships on board of which t... ... the mere appliance of a rope tied to the root of his tail.” —a chapter on whaling in Ribs and Trucks. “On one occasion I saw two of these monsters (w... ...man Melville merchant sailor, I should now take it into my head to go on a whaling voyage; this the invisible police officer of the Fates, who has the... ...y—he can better answer than any one else. And, doubtless, my going on this whaling voyage, formed part of the grand programme of Providence that was d... ... this: “Grand Contested Election for the Presidency of the United States. “Whaling V oyage by One Ismael. “Bloody Battle in Affghanistan.” Though I ca... ...e inmates of the place one lodges in. By reason of these things, then, the whaling voyage was wel- come; the great flood-gates of the wonder-world swu...

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...best place for me was in New Bedford, Mass. He told me that many ships for whaling voy- ages were fitted out there, and that I might there find work a... ...ason was growing late and work was plenty. Ships were being fitted out for whaling, and much wood was used in storing them. The sawing this wood was c... ...izen, distinguished as an anti-slavery man, was fitting out a vessel for a whaling voyage, upon which there was a heavy job of calking and coppering t...

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...ing commission. According to her pa- pers she might go whither she pleased—whaling, sealing, or anything else. Sperm whaling, however, was what she re... ...o the place of the second mate, who had absconded. In this state of things whaling was out of the question; but in the face of everything, Jermin main... ...t approaching any nearer the land with the Julia than we now were. Invalid whaling cap- tains often adopt a plan like this; but, in the present instan... ...sage. In this way, his country- men frequently enter on board the colonial whaling vessels. There was a man among us who had sailed with the Mowree 6... ...d,” as they call it; and noon came, and the boat was still chasing him. In whaling, as long as the fish is in sight, and no matter what may have been ... ...hant- man is at hand; whale-spouts seen from the harbour are to- kens of a whaling vessel’s approach; and thunder and light- ning, happening so seldom... ...ld man, as I have hinted, had, once upon a time, been a cruise or two in a whaling-vessel; and, therefore, he prided himself upon his English. Having ... ... with a smart sailor, who had just stepped ashore quite flush from a lucky whaling-cruise. It was a touching interview, and with it, our connection 1... ...in, settled down quietly at Captain Bob’s. It was about this time that the whaling-ships, which have their regular seasons for cruising, began to arri...

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...ad a standing charter from the gas-works. Y ou would think he was off on a whaling cruise—three years and a tail. Ha, ha! Not a bit of it. Ten days on...

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... hand back into the night. “Him make um camp topside ole house.” “That old whaling-camp,” prompted Moran. Then to Wilbur: “You remember—about a hundre... ...yond which was the broken and crumbling shanty, relic of an old Portuguese whaling-camp, where the beach- combers were camped. At Charlie’s suggestion...

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...information as to the events of this eighteen months’ cruise, although his whaling romance, ‘Moby Dick; or, the Whale,’ probably gives many pictures o... ...e . . . .then here I prospectively ascribe all the honour and the glory to whaling; for a whale-ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.’ The record, ... ...nsuccessful efforts at creative romance. Whether our author entered on his whaling adventures in the South Seas with a determination to make them avai... ...en England and the United States, and whence he sallied out upon the large whaling fleet then sailing under the enemy’s flag in the surrounding seas. ... ...t a dismal prospect awaited us in this quarter! The longevity of Cape Horn whaling voyages is proverbial, fre- quently extending over a period of four...

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...m was a big, snow white fellow from Spitzbergen who had been brought away by a whaling captain, and who had later accompanied a Geological Survey 8 T...

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...per place to send me. “Many ships,” said he, “are there fitted out for the whaling business, and you may there find work at your trade, and make a goo... ...g in the stream, were full-rigged ships of finest model, ready to start on whaling voyages. Upon the right and the left, I was walled in by large gran... ...ter and more valuable than they ever were before. Men talked here of going whaling on a four years ’ voyage with more coolness than sail- ors where I ...

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...ds, and rings rolled and rattled in the pauses of the talk. Disko spoke of whaling voyages in the Fifties; of great she-whales slain beside their youn...

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... war of lust) the American mis- sionaries were once shelled by an English adventurer, and once raided and mishandled by the crew of an American warshi...

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...r wood and water. There, decoying the crew on shore, he captured first the whaling brig Hersalia, and afterwards made himself master by surprise of tw...

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...d that it was just as likely, at that time of year, I was going down there whaling; but I felt complimented, too. I don t know, I said, pretending t...

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... Augustus, and he was nearly two years older than myself. He had been on a whaling voyage with his father in the John Donaldson, and was always talkin... ...our being in existence was now soon explained. We had been run down by the whaling-ship, which was close-hauled, beating up to Nantucket with every sa... ... escaped destruction for a single instant. She was built, however, for the whaling service, and was fitted, as I have since had reason to believe, wit... ...iverpool) were engaged in repairing and fitting out the brig Grampus for a whaling voyage. She was an old hulk, and scarcely seaworthy when all was do... ... was fitted up in the most comfortable style—a thing somewhat unusual in a whaling-vessel. There were four very excellent staterooms, with wide and co... ...ertainly, inhaling the almost pestilential atmosphere of a close hold in a whaling vessel, and for a long portion of that time but scantily supplied w... ...s imprisoned, and the long period during which the brig had been used as a whaling 36 Poe in Five V olumes vessel, I am more inclined to wonder that ... ...wered all my companion’s questions with perfect freedom; told him that he *Whaling vessels are usually fitted with iron oil-tanks—why the Grampus was ... ...without any inci- dents of greater moment than the occasional meeting with whaling-ships, and more frequently with the black or right whale, so called...

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...ir troubles, and sent them from city dangers, by shipping them on board of whaling vessels. The curiosity of this man was awakened by the culprit’s be...

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... voyages, and one who had been in a ‘‘spouter,’’ and, of course, had all the whaling stories to himself. Last of all, was a broad backed, thick headed... ...eer ers, and also two or three of the crew, had been to sea before, but only whaling voyages; and the greater part of the crew were raw hands, just fr...

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... been born and brought up here, and were now returning from a Greenland or whaling voyage. Even the dust of my Fatherland, which is often whirled abou...

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...al are so by so much virtue as they contain. Commerce, husbandry, hunting, whaling, war, eloquence, personal weight, are somewhat, and engage my respe...

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...d movement of the population, The superior marine, free commerce, fisheries, whaling, gold digging, Wharf hemm’d cities, railroad and steamboat lines ...