Title Yankees in the Indian Ocean : American commerce and whaling, 1786-1860 / Jane Hooper.

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Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2022]

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Description	1 online resource (viii, 247 pages).
Series	Indian Ocean studies series
	Indian Ocean studies series.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction. "15000 miles from our native home" -- Early excursions -- Yankees in Mahajanga, Madagascar -- Whalers in Saint Augustin Bay -- Sailor tourism -- Provisioning islands and ecological impacts -- American illegal slaving -- Conclusion. Fourth of July and global rites of state.
Summary	"This unprecedented study of nineteenth-century American merchant and whaling activity in the Indian Ocean shows how it shaped later US imperial incursions in the Pacific and Caribbean. Sailors' journals and other primary sources reveal American influence on the period's global commerce, illegal slaving, and environmental degradation"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject	Whaling -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
	Whaling -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Whaling -- Social aspects -- Indian Ocean Region.
	Americans -- Indian Ocean Region -- History -- 18th century.
	Americans -- Indian Ocean Region -- History -- 19th century.
	United States -- Commerce -- Indian Ocean Region.
	Indian Ocean Region -- Commerce -- United States.
	Americans.
	Commerce.
	Whaling.
	Whaling -- Social aspects.
	Indian Ocean Region.
	United States.
Chronological Term	1700-1899
Genre/Form	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Hooper, Jane, 1981- Yankees in the Indian Ocean Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2022] 9780821425084 (DLC) 2022018913
ISBN	9780821447901 electronic book
	0821447904 electronic book
	9780821425084 hardcover

Title Yankees in the Indian Ocean : American commerce and whaling, 1786-1860 / Jane Hooper.

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