Samoa's forgotten whaling heritage : American whaling in Samoan waters 1824-1878 : a chronological selection of extracts from primary sources, mainly whaling logbooks, journals and contemporary news items /
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Wellington, N.Z. :
Lithographic Services, Ltd.,
[1992?]
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Table of Contents:
- The whale chase in pictures
- 2. Whaling at Samoa: a short introduction
- 3. Early American visitors
- 4. Convicts, deserters and missionaries
- 5. Extracts friom whaling logbooks and journals 1833-1839
- 6. A kidnapped beachcomber at Manua in 1840
- 7. In support of the American whalefleet: the United States exploring expedition 1838-1842
- 8. Ten extracts from journals and logbooks 1843-1844
- 9. Lawlessness and the start of Consular intervention
- 10. Extracts friom whaling logbooks and journals 1845-1850
- 11. Apia in 1845 and 1846
- 12. Extracts friom whaling logbooks and journals 1847-1849
- 13. Samoa in the late 1840s
- 14. California goldrush opens new trans-Pacific routes
- 15. Samoa in early 1850s
- 16. Extracts from whaling logbooks and journals 1850-1855
- 17. Reports from Samoa
- 18. Extracts friom whaling logbooks and journals 1857-1860
- 19. Visits by warships to protect whaling and other national interests in the 1850s
- 20. Apia in 1860 and 1866
- 21. The end of the whale fishery: extracts 1861-1878
- 22. Eli Jennings of Swains Island
- 23. Fifty years ashore
- 24. English missionaries invite foreign anexation [sic]
- 25. Conclusion.