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A View of the Whale Fishery, and the Manner of Killing Bears near & on the Coast of Greenland. 90

Forbes and Clark Collections Visualizing Maritime History Project

Uncolored illustration of men in rowboats harpooning three spouting whales in the background and men on foot spearing a white bear on an icy island in the left foreground. In the right foreground, men shoot a bear from their rowboat. Under the fleeing bear is a small bear, lying dead or injured with its four paws in the air and its mouth agape. Behind them is a three-masted ship flying the British flag. Five more three-masted ships are in the background. Large lumps of ice and icebergs litter the sea. Under the image is the title, "A View of the WHALE-FISHERY, and the manner of KILLING BEARS near & on the Coast of Greenland". Under this, to the right, is the numeral "90".
Printed in the upper margin is the following text: "Engraved for Bankes's New System of Geography published by the King's Royal License"


whales
1770-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
unknown
ink; laid paper
6 in x 10 1/4 in
Britain