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Booklist, in its review of Black Hands, White Sails, called it a "fascinating look at the convergent histories of whaling and the abolitionist movement" and concluded "Less-skilled readers may have difficulty following the expansive narrative that pulls in details from several different angles, but history buffs and researchers should find the book's complexity rewarding."
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex is a book by American writer Nathaniel Philbrick about the loss of the whaler Essex in the Pacific Ocean in 1820. The book was published by Viking Press on May 8, 2000, and won the 2000 National Book Award for Nonfiction .
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As first mate of Essex, 21-year-old Owen Chase left Nantucket on August 12, 1819, on a two-and-a-half-year whaling voyage. On the morning of November 20, 1820, a sperm whale (said to be around 85 feet; 26 m) twice rammed Essex, sinking her 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) west of South America.
Jones is best known for his series of scholarly books and articles on Russia's whaling industry in the Pacific. Among his books are: Empire of Extinction: Russians and the Strange Beasts of the Sea; Red Leviathan: The Soviet Union and the Secret Destruction of the World’s Whales; Across Species and Cultures: New Histories of Pacific Whaling ...
The transition away from whaling gave birth to new industries and practices – with the impetus coming from outside. In 1990, French national Serge Viallele set up the first whale watching ...
The History of Modern Whaling. University of California Press, Berkeley. ISBN 978-0-520-03973-5. Weatherill, Richard (1908) The ancient port of Whitby and its shipping. (Whitby: Horne and Son) Wolfe, Adam. "Australian Whaling Ambitions and Antarctica". International Journal of Maritime History 2006 18(2): 305–322. ISSN 0843-8714