The Lost Vocabulary of Whaling - A forensic glossary
AFTER 250 YEARS OF EXPLOITATION, what remains is a graveyard of vocabulary and tools.
By Sarah Sax Art By Ella Frances Sanders
Books about Whaling at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/11
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Aah this is So Cool!
I've been to the Whaling Museum in Nantucket. The tools they used were clearly not for mortals.
I think I've read _Moby Dick_ at least five times, both for academic credit and for pleasure. At a glance, many of these terms are from that novel.
@lemgandi And the illustrations are gorgeous!