Charles Nordhoff, Whaling and Fishing (Cincinnati, 1856)

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Charles Nordhoff, Whaling and Fishing (Cincinnati, 1856)
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1856
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A seaman's account of a whaling voyage of the 1840s and of the fisheries. Read 14 Oct 2026 in the Internet Archive's copy.

  • The lay (p. 41): "Whalemen do not work for wages — but for a proportionate share in the proceeds of the common voyage. This share is called each man's lay."
  • The lookout (p. 94): "two men being constantly stationed at the mast-head."
  • Letters (pp. 76-77), a whaling captain: "I can never expect more than two or three letters from home in the course of a thirty-six or forty-eight months cruise."
  • Trying out (p. 129): "The biscuit you eat glistens with oil, and tastes as though just out of the blubber room."
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  2. title: "Charles Nordhoff, Whaling and Fishing (Cincinnati, 1856)"
  3. type: book
  4. date: "1856"
  5. url: "https://archive.org/details/whalingfishing00nord"
  6. seen: image
  7. access: public
  8. ---
  10. A seaman's account of a whaling voyage of the 1840s and of the fisheries. Read 14 Oct 2026 in the
  11. Internet Archive's copy.
  13. - The lay (p. 41): "Whalemen do not work for wages — but for a proportionate share in the proceeds of
  14. the common voyage. This share is called each man's lay."
  15. - The lookout (p. 94): "two men being constantly stationed at the mast-head."
  16. - Letters (pp. 76-77), a whaling captain: "I can never expect more than two or three letters from home
  17. in the course of a thirty-six or forty-eight months cruise."
  18. - Trying out (p. 129): "The biscuit you eat glistens with oil, and tastes as though just out of the
  19. blubber room."
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