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Australia.
University of Western Australia Press.
2008.
Maps, colour photographic plates, xxix + 208pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. Jones retraces the perilous voyages of two nineteenth-century Australian whaling ships, the Lady Rowena and the Eamont, as they endured shipwreck, mutiny, massacre and imprisonment while harvesting whales off the Japanese coast. Draws on the journal of the Lady Rowenas ship master and is supplemented by Japanese historical accounts. Charts a hitherto unexplored chapter in Australian Japanese relations and provides an historical perspective on Japans highly controversial whaling industry. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 119606)
ISBN: 9780980296518
Related Subject Areas:
Australia
History
Japan
Japanese
Maritime
Whaling
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