Trying-out
Subtitle: an anatomy of Dutch whaling and sealing in the nineteenth century, 1815-1885
By: Justus Carolus Antonius Schokkenbroek.
Publisher: Aksant
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9789052602837
Subjects: Whaling -- Netherlands -- 19th century; Sealing -- Netherlands -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-355) and index.

Summaries in English, Dutch, and German.
Table of contents: title: Dutch whaling and sealing in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; title: King Willem I and the premium system (1815-1855); title: Nineteenth-century Dutch whaling in the South Seas (1827-1849); title: Nineteenth-century Dutch whaling and sealing in the Arctic (1815-1885); title: Ships and men : driving and floating forces; title: Clients, commodities, and distribution; title: Profitability of Dutch involvement in the whaling and sealing industries.