California's Whaling Coast

by Dale Vinnedge

Book Overview

Yankee whaling, shore whaling, and modern whaling were sometimes occurring simultaneously. Each type of whaling went through periods of discovery, stability, and then a gradual decrease as the products lost their markets or the number of whales began to wane as some species moved toward commercial if not actual extinction due to over-fishing. Small whaling operations from California, called shore whaling, continued from the 1850s until Secretary of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467131717
• ISBN13: 9781467131711
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"