Account of the Arctic Regions Vol. 1 of 2: With a History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from An Account of the Arctic Regions Vol. 1 of 2: With a History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery<br><br>Numerous authorities have been consulted in preparing these sheets for publication and in all cases as far as I am aware a proper reference has been made to the works from which any infor mation has been derived. For a small but inte resting Mémoz''re by M. S. B. J. Noel Sur l''an tiquité de la pécize de la; Baleine from which I have drawn some valuable historical information I was indebted to the kindness of M. Noel de la ''moriniere author of an extensive work on An cient and Modern Fisheries now in the course of publication in France. Access to some valuable works which I had not in my own possession.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.