…However, as the stocks of these whales declined due to overfishing, Norway began to focus on larger baleen whales such as blue whales and fin whales. Norwegian captain Svend Foyn adopted small, fast steamers to approach the swift blue and fin whales, and came up with the idea of building whale oil factories near whaling grounds to process the captured whales. He invented the whaling gun in 1863, and in 1864 began whaling on the northeast coast of Norway with a completely new method. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Foyn, S." is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…しかし,乱獲によるこれら鯨種の資源減少に伴い,ノルウェーではシロナガスクジラおよびナガスクジラなどのような大型のヒゲクジラが注目されるようになった。 ノルウェーの船長フォインSvend Foynは,小型で速力の大きいスティーマー(汽船)を採用して敏速なシロナガスクジラやナガスクジラに接近することを可能とし,また捕獲クジラ処理のために,クジラ漁場近くに鯨油工場の建設を発案した。彼は,1863年に捕鯨砲を考案し,64年にノルウェー北東岸でまったく新しい方法をもって捕鯨に着手した。… ※「Foyn,S.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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