Lewis Temple and hunting the whale

Author(s)

• Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
• National Audiovisual Center

Bibliographic Information

Lewis Temple and hunting the whale

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum

The Museum, 1987 , Distributed by National Audiovisual Center, 1990

Videorecording（Videocassette）

Note

Cataloged from contributor's data

Issued as U-matic 3/4 in. or Beta 1/2 in. or VHS 1/2 in

Summary: Presents the contribution of Lewis Temple, a nineteenth-century African-American who designed a new type of harpoon, the Temple targon iron, which had a tremendous effect on whaling and which greatly decreased the number of whales lost during whale hunts

Details

• NCID: BA29492771
• LCCN: 90708965
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, DC,[]
• Pages/Volumes: 1 videocassette (5 min.)
• Classification:
  • DC : 338.3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Temple, Lewis
  • LCSH : Harpoons
  • LCSH : Whaling -- History -- 19th century