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Written by explorer, scientist and later clergyman William Scoresby (1789–1857), this two-volume guide to the Arctic regions was first published in 1820. Scoresby, himself the son of a whaler and Arctic explorer, first sailed to the polar regions at the age of eleven, and was later apprenticed to his father. He became a correspondent of Sir Joseph Banks, and his extensive research on the Arctic area included pioneering work in oceanography, magnetism, and the study of Arctic currents and waves. He surveyed 400 miles of the Greenland coast in 1822. This account was the first book published in Britain which was devoted solely to the whale fisheries. Volume 2 focuses on the fisheries and includes a history of whaling, the methods used to extract whale oil and prepare whalebone, and the impact of new developments. The book ends with a detailed account of a whaling expedition in 1816.

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• Plný název: Account of the Arctic Regions
• Podnázev: With a History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery
• Autor: William Scoresby
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 630
• EAN: 9781108037792
• ISBN: 1108037798
• ID: 02057101
• Nakladatelství: Cambridge University Press
• Hmotnost: 790 g
• Rozměry: 216 × 140 × 35 mm
• Datum vydání: 03. November 2011

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