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Sperm Whale, Whales from Bertuch Whales & Sea Creatures
Sperm Whale, Whales from Bertuch Whales & Sea Creatures
The natural history of the sperm whale : its anatomy and physiology, food, spermaceti, ambergris, rise and progress of the fishery, chase and capture, cutting in and trying out, description of the ships, boats, men and instruments used in the attack, with an account of its favourite places of resort
Symbols Used by Whalemen in Their Log-Books. 1-Sperm whale. 2-Right whale or bowhead. 3-Grampus 4-Porpoise. 5-Boat lowered. 6-Flukes up 'sounded.' 7-Drew (escaped)
Beautiful, Terrible Watercolors of a 19th-Century Whale Hunt, Found in a Ship’s Logbook
History of whaling: Whaling art found in a logbook.