Floating Gold
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Floating Gold
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Author : Margaret Muir
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Floating Gold written by Margaret Muir and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 categories.
Floating Gold
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Author : Christopher Kemp
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2022-05-12
Floating Gold written by Christopher Kemp and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-12 with History categories.
A fascinating natural history of an incredibly curious substance. “Preternaturally hardened whale dung” is not the first image that comes to mind when we think of perfume, otherwise a symbol of glamour and allure. But the key ingredient that makes the sophisticated scent linger on the skin is precisely this bizarre digestive by-product—ambergris. Despite being one of the world’s most expensive substances (its value is nearly that of gold and has at times in history been triple it), ambergris is also one of the world’s least known. But with this unusual and highly alluring book, Christopher Kemp promises to change that by uncovering the unique history of ambergris. A rare secretion produced only by sperm whales, which have a fondness for squid but an inability to digest their beaks, ambergris is expelled at sea and floats on ocean currents for years, slowly transforming, before it sometimes washes ashore looking like a nondescript waxy pebble. It can appear almost anywhere but is found so rarely, it might as well appear nowhere. Kemp’s journey begins with an encounter on a New Zealand beach with a giant lump of faux ambergris—determined after much excitement to nothing more exotic than lard—that inspires a comprehensive quest to seek out ambergris and its story. He takes us from the wild, rocky New Zealand coastline to Stewart Island, a remote, windswept island in the southern seas, to Boston and Cape Cod, and back again. Along the way, he tracks down the secretive collectors and traders who populate the clandestine modern-day ambergris trade. Floating Gold is an entertaining and lively history that covers not only these precious gray lumps and those who covet them, but presents a highly informative account of the natural history of whales, squid, ocean ecology, and even a history of the perfume industry. Kemp’s obsessive curiosity is infectious, and eager readers will feel as though they have stumbled upon a precious bounty of this intriguing substance.
Floating Gold
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Author : Christopher Kemp
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Release Date : 2012-06-01
Floating Gold written by Christopher Kemp and has been published by HarperCollins Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-01 with categories.
A fascinating modern hunt for a treasure from a most surprising source -- a whale's stomach. Journalist and biologist Christopher Kemp discovers, after reading an odd news report, a hidden world of money, intrigue and amazing wealth. A lump of something turns up on a beach in NZ, the lump so strange it may well have come from out of space. But it's not a dead alien, it's ambergris. Ambergris is a by-product of sperm whales, used for centuries as a perfume, medicine and aphrodisiac. It appears on beaches all over the world and depending on what state it's in, can be mistaken for all manner of things. For those in the know, it's an amazing source of wealth - ambergris trades for US$20 a gram, which is nearly as much as gold but it's harder to find and it cannot be mined. Christopher Kemp travels from the shores of NZ, to the Smithsonian and New Nedford Whaling museum; he meets amateurs, professional hunters, scientists, elusive vendors who traffic ambergris, people who won't confess to have found any, and strangers denying what they are looking for. As he discovers more about ambergris' origins, its uses present day and historic, the outrageous lengths people have gone to find it and the intriguing efforts people go to in order to keep what they know about ambergris a secret, the more his infectious obsession grows.
Floating Gold
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Author : Robert Cushman Murphy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1933
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The Floating Gold Mine Or Adrift In An Unknown Sea
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Author : Thomas H. Wilson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1902
The Floating Gold Mine Or Adrift In An Unknown Sea written by Thomas H. Wilson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1902 with Adventure stories categories.
The Floating Gold Mine Or Adrift In An Unknown Sea
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Author : Thomas H. Wilson (Captain)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1917
The Floating Gold Mine Or Adrift In An Unknown Sea written by Thomas H. Wilson (Captain) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1917 with Adventure stories categories.
Floating Currencies Gold And Sdrs
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Author : Joseph Gold
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Floating Currencies Gold And Sdrs written by Joseph Gold and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with categories.
Floating Currencies Gold And Sdrs
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Author : Joseph Gold
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Floating Currencies Gold And Sdrs written by Joseph Gold and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Foreign exchange categories.
Gold And The Modern World Economy
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Author : Moon Joong Tcha
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-08-16
Gold And The Modern World Economy written by Moon Joong Tcha and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-16 with Business & Economics categories.
Respected international experts such as Michael Bordo, Larry Sjaastad and Ken Clements are brought together in a wonderfully well researched new book on this most important of topics. This comprehensive, well-written book provides all you need to know about Gold and the Modern World Economy.
Floating Currencies Gold And Sdrs Dt
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Author : Joseph Gold
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Floating Currencies Gold And Sdrs Dt written by Joseph Gold and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with categories.