A history of whaling, going back to the time of the first seafarers, from Neolithic Man and the Phoenicans, Basques, Japanese, Norse, and the American experience. From time immemorial man has pursued the whale. This is the story of the peoples who have engaged in that pursuit - its historical, cultural and economic consequences. Includes maps, charts and drawings, a general whaling chronology, and bibliography arranged by periods and subjects...