Enterprise, Industry and Art of Man: As Displayed in Fishing, Hunting, Commerce, Navigation, Mining, Agriculture and ManufacturesRand, 1852 - 335 páginas |
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... extent and importance of the Dutch fishery in the middle of the seventeenth century than the fact that the men established a considerable village , the houses of which were previously prepared in Hol- land , on the northern coast of ...
... extent and importance of the Dutch fishery in the middle of the seventeenth century than the fact that the men established a considerable village , the houses of which were previously prepared in Hol- land , on the northern coast of ...
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... extent of his exhaustion , and the consequent facility of effecting his capture . As soon as he re - appears , the assisting boats pull after him with the utmost speed , and as they reach him , each harpooner plunges his weapon into his ...
... extent of his exhaustion , and the consequent facility of effecting his capture . As soon as he re - appears , the assisting boats pull after him with the utmost speed , and as they reach him , each harpooner plunges his weapon into his ...
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... extent down to the present day . The revolutionary war put an entire stop to the Nantucket whale fishery ; but with the return of peace , it again revived . In 1791 , the first Nantucket whaler ventured into the Pacific Ocean . Some suc ...
... extent down to the present day . The revolutionary war put an entire stop to the Nantucket whale fishery ; but with the return of peace , it again revived . In 1791 , the first Nantucket whaler ventured into the Pacific Ocean . Some suc ...
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... extent of the seal fishery is matter of surprise to those who have not investigated the subject . A single vessel will sometimes secure five thousand skins , and more than a hundred tons of oil , in one season . In 1829 , 280,613 seals ...
... extent of the seal fishery is matter of surprise to those who have not investigated the subject . A single vessel will sometimes secure five thousand skins , and more than a hundred tons of oil , in one season . In 1829 , 280,613 seals ...
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... extent , with hardly an interruption of wood or hill . The succulent and nutritive herbage of the soil affords pasture to many of those countless herds of cattle that rove unowned and unvalued over a great portion of South America , and ...
... extent , with hardly an interruption of wood or hill . The succulent and nutritive herbage of the soil affords pasture to many of those countless herds of cattle that rove unowned and unvalued over a great portion of South America , and ...
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adventurers afterwards America animals annually appeared attack bear boat Brazil Britain British brought buffaloes called Captain caravan carried cattle China coal coast commerce Company cotton crew diamonds discovered discovery distance Dutch East employed England English enterprise Europe exported extent feet fire fish fishery formed four fur trade furs gold harpoon head herd horses Hudson's Bay Company hundred hunters hunting immense Indians Indies iron island killed labor land length Magellan manufacture Mecca merchants metal miles millions of dollars miners mines navigation nearly Northwest Company Nova Zembla Ormuz passage passage to India Peru Porto Bello Portuguese pounds produced pursued quantity quarter regions river rock rope round sailed salt savanna ship shore silk silver skin sometimes soon South America South Sea Company Spaniards spermaceti Spitzbergen Straits supply surface thousand tion tons trade vessels voyage whale fishery whole wood