The History of Nantucket

The History of Nantucket - Being a compendious account of the first settlement of the island by the English together with the rise and progress of the whale fishery; and other historical facts relative to said island and its inhibitants. In two parts. is an unchanged high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1880.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science travel and expeditions cooking and nutrition medicine and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.