Once There Was a Giant Sea Cow
Title | Once There Was a Giant Sea Cow PDF eBook |
Author | Esther Gordon |
Publisher | David McKay Company |
Pages | |
Release | 1980-03-01 |
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ISBN | 9780679208518 |
Once There was a Giant Sea Cow
Title | Once There was a Giant Sea Cow PDF eBook |
Author | Esther S. Gordon |
Publisher | David McKay Company |
Pages | 31 |
Release | 1977-01-01 |
Genre | Extinct animals |
ISBN | 9780679204107 |
Discusses the huge sea mammal known as Steller's sea cow which shortly after its discovery in 1741 became extinct, having been hunted for food and for its hide.
Ecology and Conservation of the Sirenia
Title | Ecology and Conservation of the Sirenia PDF eBook |
Author | Helene Marsh |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 543 |
Release | 2011-12 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 052188828X |
A synthesis of the ecological and related knowledge pertinent to understanding the biology and conservation of dugongs and manatees.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Title | Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series PDF eBook |
Author | Library of Congress. Copyright Office |
Publisher | Copyright Office, Library of Congress |
Pages | 1914 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Copyright |
ISBN |
The Unnatural History of the Sea
Title | The Unnatural History of the Sea PDF eBook |
Author | Callum Roberts |
Publisher | Island Press |
Pages | 615 |
Release | 2009-01-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1597265772 |
Humanity can make short work of the oceans’ creatures. In 1741, hungry explorers discovered herds of Steller’s sea cow in the Bering Strait, and in less than thirty years, the amiable beast had been harpooned into extinction. It’s a classic story, but a key fact is often omitted. Bering Island was the last redoubt of a species that had been decimated by hunting and habitat loss years before the explorers set sail. As Callum M. Roberts reveals in The Unnatural History of the Sea, the oceans’ bounty didn’t disappear overnight. While today’s fishing industry is ruthlessly efficient, intense exploitation began not in the modern era, or even with the dawn of industrialization, but in the eleventh century in medieval Europe. Roberts explores this long and colorful history of commercial fishing, taking readers around the world and through the centuries to witness the transformation of the seas. Drawing on firsthand accounts of early explorers, pirates, merchants, fishers, and travelers, the book recreates the oceans of the past: waters teeming with whales, sea lions, sea otters, turtles, and giant fish. The abundance of marine life described by fifteenth century seafarers is almost unimaginable today, but Roberts both brings it alive and artfully traces its depletion. Collapsing fisheries, he shows, are simply the latest chapter in a long history of unfettered commercialization of the seas. The story does not end with an empty ocean. Instead, Roberts describes how we might restore the splendor and prosperity of the seas through smarter management of our resources and some simple restraint. From the coasts of Florida to New Zealand, marine reserves have fostered spectacular recovery of plants and animals to levels not seen in a century. They prove that history need not repeat itself: we can leave the oceans richer than we found them.
Sewer Sam, the Sea Cow
Title | Sewer Sam, the Sea Cow PDF eBook |
Author | Francine Jacobs |
Publisher | |
Pages | 54 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780802763686 |
Follows the adventures of a manatee, or sea cow, from birth till after he leaves his mother.
Children's Book Review Index
Title | Children's Book Review Index PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 536 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Children's literature |
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