Project Gutenberg 2011-02-06 Public domain in the USA. 60 Scoresby, William 1789 1857 05029018 Memorials of the Sea: My Father Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby Produced by Brownfox and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Memorials of the Sea: My Father" by William Scoresby is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This work recounts the adventurous life of William Scoresby, Esq., a notable figure from Whitby who made significant contributions to the Greenland whale-fishing industry. The narrative is presented through the perspective of his son, the Reverend William Scoresby, D.D., who shares his father's remarkable experiences and achievements, which include his journey from humble beginnings to becoming a prominent Arctic navigator. At the start of the memoir, the author introduces the early life of his father, detailing his upbringing in a farming family and his early education. Inspired by a desire for adventure, William Scoresby decided to leave farming for a life at sea, ultimately becoming an apprentice in Whitby. The opening highlights some formative events, including his decision to pursue seafaring after rejecting an unfulfilling rural life. It sets the tone for a tale filled with challenges, personal growth, and encounters with fortune and misfortune in the perilous world of maritime exploration and whaling. The memoir not only charts Scoresby's professional progress but also touches on broader themes of providence, resilience, and the nature of adventure itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35183/35183-h/images/cover.jpg en Whaling Scoresby, William, 1760-1829 Fathers and sons -- England -- Whitby G Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 423206 423215 2024-09-15T04:15:16.786797 2023-09-15T10:01:37.829436 text/html text/html 429637 2021-01-07T11:43:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 433595 2021-01-07T11:43:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 475404 2024-09-15T04:15:23.058823 application/epub+zip 477878 2024-09-15T04:15:17.825820 application/epub+zip 235618 2024-09-15T04:15:17.276836 application/epub+zip 622073 2024-09-15T04:15:27.364293 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 589003 2024-09-15T04:15:22.461819 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328519 2022-09-16T07:24:13.583051 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 375047 2024-09-15T04:15:16.049934 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 377978 2021-01-07T11:43:17 text/plain; charset=utf-8 140713 2021-01-07T11:43:17 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 374874 2021-01-07T11:43:17 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 140179 2021-01-07T11:43:17 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 374951 2021-01-07T11:43:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 140144 2021-01-07T11:43:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22276 2024-09-15T04:15:27.518254 application/rdf+xml 22211 2024-09-15T04:15:17.372809 image/jpeg 3320 2024-09-15T04:15:17.325820 image/jpeg 432806 2024-09-15T04:15:16.827822 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia