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English whalers hunting whales in the Northern Seas near Greenland, 18th century. A harpooner on a rowboat takes aim at a whale in front of a frozen landscape of icebergs. Bowhead whale or polar whale, Balaena mysticetus. Whale fishery. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Reverend Thomas Smiths The Naturalists Cabinet, or Interesting Sketches of Animal History, Albion Press, James Cundee, London, 1806. Smith, fl. 1803-1818, was a writer and editor of books on natural history, religion, philosophy, ancient history and astronomy.
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English whalers hunting whales in the Northern Seas near Greenland, 18th century. A harpooner on a rowboat takes aim at a whale in front of a frozen landscape of icebergs. Bowhead whale or polar whale, Balaena mysticetus. Whale fishery. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Reverend Thomas Smiths The Naturalists Cabinet, or Interesting Sketches of Animal History, Albion Press, James Cundee, London, 1806. Smith, fl. 1803-1818, was a writer and editor of books on natural history, religion, philosophy, ancient history and astronomy.
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Image size:
7161 x 4068 px | 83.3 MB
Print size:
60.6 x 34.4 cm | 23.9 x 13.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH • AIM • ALBION PRESS • AMBERGRIS • ANECDOTE • ANIMAL • ANIMALS • ARCTIC • ATLANTIC OCEAN • ATLANTIC • BALAENA MYSTICETUS • BALEEN • BOWHEAD WHALE • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • ENGLISH WHALERS • FISHERY • FISHING • FROZEN LANDSCAPE • HANDCOLOURED • HARPOON • HARPOONER • HUNT • HUNTING • ICEBERG • INDUSTRY • JAMES CUNDEE • NATURAL HISTORY • NATURAL SCIENCES • NATURALISTS CABINET, THE • NATURE STUDY • NORTH POLE • NORTHERN SEAS • OCEAN, ATLANTIC • OIL • OR INTERESTING SKETCHES OF ANIMAL HISTORY • POLAR WHALE • REVEREND THOMAS SMITH • ROWBOAT • SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION • SPERMACETI • WHALE FISHERY • WHALE • WHALEBONE • WHALES • ZOOLOGY
