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Definition of Pearl fishery
1. Noun. A fishery where they fish for pearl oysters.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pearl Fishery
Literary usage of Pearl fishery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"For an account of the pearl fishery of the Persian Gulf, ... See also Beck's
Essay on the l84' pearl fishery of Ceylon (in Supplement to Sir W. Jones's ..."
2. A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and by John Ramsey McCulloch, Vethake, Henry (1852)
""At Bahrein alone, the annual amount produced by the pearl fishery may be reckoned
at from 200.000/. to ..."
3. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"The last ' ;:: on of his Commercial Dictionary was pub- IxA in 1860, and during
the two following rear» the Tinnevelly pearl fishery yielded aU?? nett ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Silver mining and agriculture are among principal industries, and the most valuable
pearl fishery on the Pacific coast is here located. Pop. 5536. ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"According to Colonel Felly's report ia 1863, there were 1500 boats belonging to
Bahrein alone, and the annual profit from the pearl-fishery was about ..."
6. The Youth's Companion, Or, An Historical Dictionary: Consisting of Articles by Ezra Sampson (1813)
"The greatest pearl fishery is in the Persian Gulph. The wretched people who are
employed in this ..."
7. The History of Oregon and California, and the Other Territories of the North by Robert Greenhow (1845)
"... by the aid of which it was expected that the pearl fishery might be conducted
more safely, as well as profitably, than by the ordinary means; but, ..."
8. The Annals of America: From the Discovery by Columbus in the Year 1492, to by Abiel Holmes (1829)
"... from Plymouth in England with two 1601. ships, one pinnace, and two shallops,
to Cubagua ; and, having voyage of taken the pearl fishery in that island, ..."
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