Contents 



Introductory vii 



General Whaling Chronology xiv 



Note on Maps xv 



PART I 



The Prehistoric Period 10,000 B.C. to 3000 B.C. 

 I. Night Is Before the Dawn (Neolithic) 3 



PART II 



The Ancient Period 3000 b.c. to 500 a.d. 



II. A Pale Glow in the East (Phoenician) 25 



III. The Glow Spreads West (Graeco-Roman) 42 



PART III 



The Early Period 500 a.d. to 1 600 a.d. 



IV. Half-Light over Cold Seas (Norse) 71 

 V. Half-Light over Warm Seas (Japanese) 95 



VI. Softly Comes the Dawn (Basque) 123 



PART IV 



The Middle Period 1600 a.d. to 1700 a.d. 



VII. Early Morn in the North (British I) 145 



VIII. Midmorning by the Ice (Dutch) 157 



IX. Forenoon on New Seas (American I) 173 



