A view of the Greenland trade and whale-fishery: with the national and private advantages thereof.

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Title: A view of the Greenland trade and whale-fishery : with the national and private advantages thereof.

Author: Henry Elking

Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana

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Based on Joseph Sabin’s famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500–1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.

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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library

DocumentID: SABCP01085300

CollectionID: CTRG93-B1173

PublicationDate: 17220101

SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin’s Dictionary of books in terms of America

Notes: Prefatory letter signed: … Henry Elking. London, Aug. 20. 1722. Letter from Sir John Eyles to the creator: p. 9-15.

Collation: 68 p. ; 19 cm. (8vo)

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