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Pesca. The History of Compania Argentina de Pesca Sociedad Anonima of Buenos Aires. An Account of the Pioneer Modern Whaling Company in the Antarctic.

Hart, Ian.

  • Publisher: Pequena.
  • Published: 2021
  • Condition: New
Pequena., 2021. 2nd. Ed.. pp.674 with over 500 b/w. photographs plus maps and illus. 4to. New hardback in new dw. Signed by author. Print run of just 400 copies. A monumental work. This much expanded second edition includes new information and photographs, courtesy of contact with yet more of those who served the company in one capacity or another, and the opportunity to delve into further company reports, papers and correspondence. In doing so it provides not only a history of the company, but a feel for whaling and its consequences for both humans and mammals in the Southern Ocean.

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