Octopus Crowd: Maritime History and the Business of Australian Pearling in Its Schooner Age
(Part of the Maritime Currents: History and Archaeology Series)
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A detailed study of the origins and demise of schooner-based pearling in Australia For most of its history, Australian pearling was a shore-based activity. But from the mid-1880s until the World War I era, the industry was dominated by highly mobile, heavily capitalized, schooner-based fleets of pearling luggers, known as floating stations, that exploited Australia's northern continental shelf and the nearby waters of the Netherlands...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0817320245
ISBN13:9780817320249
Release Date:August 2019
Publisher:University Alabama Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"
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