'There she blows : sealing & whaling days in New Zealand / Sarah Ell.
Momo rauemi:
TextSeries: Bush Press heritage of New ZealandKaiwhakaputa:Auckland, N.Z. : Bush Press, 1995.Whakaahuatanga: 47 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780908608249
- 0908608241
- There she blows
- 639.280993 20
- SH363.N45 E45 1995
| Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's nonfiction | Hāwera LibraryPlus Children's | Children's nonfiction | 919 COUNTRIES (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | I2223996 |
Includes bibliographical references (page 49) and index.
South Seas Fishery -- Maori and seals and whales -- Seal types -- First European sealers -- Killing the seals -- Sealing life -- Castaways -- Sealing in decline, seals today -- The geat whales -- Whaling methods -- Whale products -- Ocean whaling -- Maori & European whaling -- Trading with whalers -- Whale ships and whaleboats -- There she blows -- Cutting in, trying out -- Shore whaling -- Shore whalers -- Jacky guard -- Dicky Barrett -- Johnny Jones, Thomas Evans -- Decline of whaling -- Twentieth-century whaling -- Relics of the whaling days -- Whales today -- Strandings and sightings -- Seeing whales and dolphins.
Tells the story of some of the first European settlers in New Zealand, the sealers and whalers, of their way of life, methods, industry, and equipment, plus touches on the whale-sighting industry of today.
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