natural history of the sperm whale, its anatomy and physiology, food, spermaceti, ambergis, 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 favorite places of resort
Object number3123
TitleThe natural history of the sperm whale, its anatomy and physiology, food, spermaceti, ambergis, 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 favorite places of resort
Author
Place of publicationLondon
Publishers.n.
Year of publication1839
PaginationVI, 192
Dimensionsoctavo
Materialboek
Notesin 1 band met "A South Sea whaling voyage [...]"
Subjectzoogdieren, Mammalia (zoogdieren), walvis, dier: walvis