
So Ends This Day
The Portuguese in American Whaling, 1765-1927
Donald Warrin(Author)
Tagus Press
Published on 30. June 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-1-933227-28-3 (ISBN)
Description
In the first half of the nineteenth century whaling was one of the young American nation's most important industries, providing lubricants and illumination as well as baleen, the plastic of its day. So Ends This Day: The Portuguese in American Whaling, 1765-1927 traces the history of the American whaling industry from its seventeenth century beginnings in Massachusetts and Long Island to its demise in the third decade of the twentieth century, while highlighting the role of its Portuguese participants. Their story begins with Joseph Swazey who, in 1765, returned to Martha's Vineyard from an Atlantic whaling voyage; and it terminates with the aborted voyage of Capt. Joseph F. Edwards aboard the John R. Manta in 1927. From a few random crew members in the latter half of the 18th century, these men from the Portuguese Atlantic islands of the Azores and Cape Verde came to dominate the industry in its final decades. Their participation would ultimately determine the principal settlement patterns of the Portuguese in the U.S.: New England, California, and Hawaii. But it led as well to distant communities in such diverse places as Alaska, New Zealand, and the Pacific atolls. It is a story of courage and determination in a far-reaching industry in which many of these individuals advanced to positions of responsibility unparalleled among non-English-speaking immigrants to the United States.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amherst
United States
Publishing group
University of Massachusetts Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
49 illustrations, 11 maps
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
669 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-933227-28-3 (9781933227283)
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Donald Warrin specializes in the history and literature of Portuguese and Cape Verdean immigrants in the United States. His books include Land, As Far As the Eye Can See: Portuguese in the Old West, written with Geoffrey L. Gomes, which appeared recently as Portugueses no Faroeste: Terra a Perder de Vista, published by Bertrand Editora, Lisbon. He has written as well on the participation of Portuguese from the Azores and Cape Verde islands in American whaling. So Ends This Day greatly expands upon this previous research. After retiring from the faculty at California State University East Bay, in 2003 Warrin became the first Visiting Distinguished Professor of the Helio and Amelia Pedroso/Luso-American Foundation Endowed Chair in Portuguese Studies at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He subsequently served as associate director of the Regional Oral History Office at The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley; and currently continues in that program as a historian.
Content
Foreword
Preface
Background
Beginnings of the American Whaling Industry
Heyday of American Whaling, 1835 - 1860
Decline of American Whaling, 1860 - 1900
End of American Pelagic Whaling, 1900 - 1927
Conclusion
Epilogue
APPENDIX 1: American Whaling Ports by Region
APPENDIX 2: Portuguese and Portuguese American Whaling Masters in American Whaling
APPENDIX 3: American Whaling Voyages under Portuguese and Portuguese American Command
Glossary of Maritime Terms
Guide to Archival Collection
Bibliography
Index
Preface
Background
Beginnings of the American Whaling Industry
Heyday of American Whaling, 1835 - 1860
Decline of American Whaling, 1860 - 1900
End of American Pelagic Whaling, 1900 - 1927
Conclusion
Epilogue
APPENDIX 1: American Whaling Ports by Region
APPENDIX 2: Portuguese and Portuguese American Whaling Masters in American Whaling
APPENDIX 3: American Whaling Voyages under Portuguese and Portuguese American Command
Glossary of Maritime Terms
Guide to Archival Collection
Bibliography
Index