Trying Out: An Anatomy of Dutch Whaling and Sealing in the Nineteenth Century, 1815-1885
by Joost C. A. Schokkenbroek
edited by Hetty Berg, J. de Jong and W. Koetsenruijter
edited by Hetty Berg, J. de Jong and W. Koetsenruijter
Amsterdam University Press, 2008
Cloth: 978-90-5260-283-7 | eISBN: 978-90-485-2110-4 (PDF)
Library of Congress Classification SH383.5.N4S36 2008
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Cloth: 978-90-5260-283-7 | eISBN: 978-90-485-2110-4 (PDF)
Library of Congress Classification SH383.5.N4S36 2008
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
This study describes and analyses a wide array of initiatives leading to the hunt, by Dutch whalemen, of whales and seals in Arctic waters, the temperate zones of the South Pacific and the waters of the Dutch East Indies during the major part of the nineteenth century (1815-1885) an era neglected so far.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Dutch Whaling and Sealing in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries ..... 26 Introduction ............................................................. 26 Organisation ................................................. 27 Whaleships .............................................. 29 Men .................................................... 33 Search for new whaling grounds ................ ................ 35 Decline ........................................ 36 Whaling again ......................................... .................. 40 The Afrikaanse Visscherij Soci&teit (1802-1806) ........................... 41 Arctic whaling and sealing (1802-1805) ..................................... 42 Conclusions ............................................................. 42 Chapter 2: King Willem I and the Premium System (1815-1855) .......................... 45 Introduction ..................... . ................................... 45 International developments in the nineteenth century ...................... 45 Britain ................................................................ 45 France .......................... ......... ....................... 48 Germany ........................................ 49 United States ....................... ............................... 50 Premiums and procedures (1815-1855) ..................................... 53 Conclusions ..................................... .. ............. 56 Chapter 3: Nineteenth-Century Dutch Whaling in the South Seas (1827-1849) ........... 68 Introduction ............... .................................. 68 Gerrit Boon (1825) .......................... ......... ................. 68 Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (Dutch Trading Company, NHM) (1827-1830) . 69 Rotterdam: De Vereeniging tot Walvischvangst om de Zuid (Merchant House E. & S. & C. St. Martin & Co) (1832-1838) .................................... 74 Miscellaneous private initiatives ............. ........................... 77 Amsterdam: Nederlandsche Walvischvisscherij Maatschappij (1843) .............. 81 Amsterdam: Reederij voor de Zuidzee Walvischvangst (Reelfs Brothers) (1843-1849) 84 The aftermath of Dutch South Seas whaling ............................. 88 Conclusions ........................................................ 91 Chapter 4: Nineteenth-Century Dutch Whaling and Sealing in the Arctic (1815-1885) Introduction ................. .. ........................... 93 Arctic whaling and sealing ........................... 93 Amsterdam: Barend van Spreekens (1815-1819) .................................. 93 Wormerveer: Jan Vas & Company (1820-1825) ................................ 96 Harlingen: Barend Visser & Son, Part I (1822-1824) ............................ 100 Harlingen: The Groenlandse en Straatdavidse Visscherij Sociateit (1825-1834) ... .. 103 Rotterdam: Nederlandsche Maatschappij voor Walvischvangst (1825-1827) ........ 121 Harlingen: Barend Visser & Son, Part II (1835-1864) ........................... 124 Harlingen: Zeilmaker & Company ......................... ............. 142 Purmerend: Nicolaas Brantjes & Smit (1851-1885) .............................. 143 Rotterdam: Nederlandsche Walvischvaart N.V. (1870-1872) ..................... . 146 Enkhuizen: Nieuwe Noordsche Compagnie (1877) ............................ 153 Conclusions ........................................ 155 Chapter 5: Ships and men. Driving and Floating Forces .............................. 157 Introduction ........................ ............................. 157 Shipbuilding ............................. ............ ............. 158 South Seas whaling ............ ................. ............... 165 Size of the crew .................. ............ ............... 165 Composition of the crew .............. ................................ 166 Educational background ............................................. 169 Wages ..................... .................................... 170 Arctic whaling and sealing ................................... 171 Amsterdam and vicinity ........ . ......................... ........... 171 Jla Vas & Company ................... ........................... 173 Nicolaas Brantjes & Smit ........................................... 174 Harlingen ......................................................... 176 Rotterdam ...................................................... 183 Educational background ............. ............................. 185 The Nautical College in Amsterdam ................ ..................... 186 The Nautical College in Harlingen .............. .................... 19o Dogwatch ........................................ 197 Wages .......................................................... 199 Food ..................................................... 203 Health ................................... .................. 204 On the hunting grounds ............................................ 205 Liberty days ................ .................... ........................ 213 Conclusions ............................. .................... 215 Chapter 6: Clients, Commodities, and Distribution ................................. 217 Introduction .............................. ................... 217 Sellers and buyers ................. ....... ..................... 218 Commodities ......... . ........................ ............. 224 il ........................................................ 224 Baleen ................................ ......................... 226 Furs ..................................................... 227 Distribution ............. ....................................... 229 Conclusions ............................. .................... 231 Chapter 7: Profitability of Dutch Involvement in the Whaling and Sealing Industries .... 233 Introduction .............................. ................... 233 South Seas whaling (1827-1849) ...........................................235 Costs and revenues ............................ 235 Arctic whaling (1815-1885) ............................................... 240 Costs and revenues ............. ................................ 242 Barend van Spreekens .............................................. 246 Jan Vas & Company ............................. ................. 249 Groenlandse en Straatdavidse Visscherij Sociteit ............................. 251 Barend Visser & Son, Part II (1835-1864) ..................................... 257 Nicolaas Brantjes & Smit ..................... ......... ............ 261 Nederlandsche Walvischvaart N.V. .................... ..................... 264 Conclusions ............................... .................. 265
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