Whaling - further reading
Reflecting Hull's role as a major whaling
port, the Hull History Centre’s collection includes whaling ship
log-books (on microfilm) and also covers the general history of
whaling and the natural history of whales with the emphasis of the
collection being on Hull’s role.
Selected resources
This
list of selected books is just a very small selection of the
resources available in the Hull History Centre. More resources
can be found via our integrated catalogue (link).
Whaling and
Hull
Credland, Arthur. Whales & Whaling.
Shire Publications Ltd. 1982.
Credland, Arthur. The Hull Whaling Trade:
An Arctic Enterprise. Hutton Press Ltd. 1995.
Credland, Arthur. “Hull’s arctic whaling trade
from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century.” An Historical
Atlas of East Yorkshire. University of Hull Press, 1996.
Credland, Arthur. The Diana of Hull.
Kingston Upon Hull Museums and Art Galleries, 1980.
Dykes, Jack. Yorkshire’s Whaling
Days. Dalesman Publishing Company, 1980.
Ross, J, Capt. Narrative of a Voyage by
Captain Ross. K Book Editions. York,1973.
Natural history of
whales
Slijper, E.J. (trans. by A.J. Pomerans.) Whales.
Hutchinson & Co. London, 2nd Ed. 1979
Martin, Anthony. Whales and Dolphins.
Salamander Books Ltd, 1990.
History of
whaling
Chrisp, Peter. The Whalers. Wayland,
1995.
Lubbock, Basil. The Arctic Whalers.
Brown, Son and Ferguson, Ltd. Glasgow, 1968
Scoresby, W. An Account of the Arctic
Regions and of the Whale-fishery. (2 Vols.) Edinburgh,
1820.
Scoresby, W. A Voyage to the Whale Fishery
1822. Caedmon Reprints. Whitby, 1980 (First published
1823)
West, Janet and Arthur Credland.
Scrimshaw: The Art of the Whaler. Hutton Press, Beverley,
1995.