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S E A O T T E R S Studies in Pacific Worlds Series Editors Rainer F. Buschmann Katrina Gulliver Editorial Board Gregory Cushman John Gascoigne Andrea Geiger Noriko Kawamura Judith Schachter Sea A HISTORY Otters Richard Ravalli University of Nebraska Press • Lincoln and London © 2018 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska Acknowledgments for the use of copyrighted material appear on page xii, which constitutes an extension of the copyright page. All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Ravalli, Richard, author. Title: Sea otters: a history / Richard Ravalli. Description: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, [2018] | Series: Studies in Pacific worlds | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: lccn 2018003978 isbn 9780803284401 (cloth: alk. paper) isbn 9781496212184 (epub) isbn 9781496212191 (mobi) isbn 9781496212207 (pdf) Subjects: lcsh: Sea otter— Pacific Area— History. | Sea otter populations— Pacific Area— History. | Sea otter—C onservation—P acific Area—H istory. Classification: lcc ql737.c25 r395 2018 | ddc 333.95/97695— dc23 lc record available at https:// lccn .loc .gov /2018003978 Set in New Baskerville ITC by Mikala R. Kolander. Designed by N. Putens. for my wife, Lisa, daughters, Rachel and Sarah, Mom, Dad, family, and students, who all kept me afloat CONTENTS List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii 1. Rakkoshima, the Sea Otter Islands xxv 2. Promyshlenniki and Padres 21 3. Boston Men 47 4. Near Extinction and Reemergence 77 5. Nukes, Aquaria, and Cuteness 103 Conclusion 125 Appendix: List of Vessels Engaged in the California Sea Otter Trade, 1786– 1847 127 Notes 141 Bibliography 161 Index 179 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Steller’s sea otter from De bestiis marinis xx 2. Woodblock of Ainu hunting sea otters 5 3. Woodblock of Aleuts hunting sea otters 18 4. Painting of a sea otter from George Shaw’s Musei Leveriani Explication 29 5. Map from Pedro Calderón y Henríquez manuscript 31 6. Graph of Russian sea otter pelt exports from the Russian North Pacific, 1742–1797 42 7. Graph of California sea otter pelt exports, 1786–1847 42 8. Painting of “Enhydra marina” by John Woodhouse Audubon 76 9. Painting of the schooner Cygnet 80 10. Dead sea otter near Oyhut, Washington 85 11. California wardens with pup 102 12. Robert “Sea Otter” Jones with sea otter 106 13. Sea otter at Monterey Bay Aquarium 116
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