The Use of Flags on Coastal Whaling Stations
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Author/contributor
- Moeller, Henry W. (Author)
Title
The Use of Flags on Coastal Whaling Stations
Abstract
The signal flags used from the 1600s in America’s coastal whale fishery echoed those employed by the English, Dutch, and Basques on the other side of the Atlantic. Using signal towers on land helped alert communities to the presence of whales. This paper traces their use into the 1900s.
Publication
Raven: A Journal of Vexillology
Publisher
North American Vexillological Association (NAVA)
Date
1995
Volume
2
Pages
33-40
Journal Abbr
Raven
ISSN
1071-0043
Archive
NAVA Digital Library
Language
[eng] English
Library Catalog
NAVA Publications Index (NPI) // International Vexillological Index (IVI)
License
open access
Extra
[IVI.CID] 70d7799b-57c7-4e99-9d5e-f5423e9426a3
Citation
Moeller, Henry W. 1995. “The Use of Flags on Coastal Whaling Stations.” Raven: A Journal of Vexillology 2: 33–40. NAVA Digital Library. https://www.nava.org/digital-library/Raven_v02_1995_p033-040.pdf.
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