0683 / 3,080 De Aquatilibus Save Share Ask Question Forbes and Clark Collections Visualizing Maritime History Project Save Share Ask Question Woodcut depicting a whale attacking a ship. In-plate text reads "Balaena erecta grandem navem submergens." Classification whales Date Made 1500-01-02 Legal Status PERMANENT COLLECTION Major Collection Hart Nautical Maker Gessner, K. Materials ink; paper; mounted Measurements 4 3/4 in x 8 in Place Made Germany: Zurich The Port of Copenhagen with Shipping A view of the busy port of Copenhagen … Desdemona and Rousseau - photo of old whalers at the wharf Port bow views of abandoned whaling barks Desdemona … Head of Sowerby's Whale (Fig. 21.) (Mesoplodon Sowerbiensis, De Blainville) Hand-colored engraving of the head of a beached … Brig America. Page from a book of company flags used … Sailing The United States Frigate Constitution at Anchor off Fort Adams, Newport, R. I. A view of the USS 'Constitution' anchored off … Arms of Charles Enderby Coat of arms featuring a ship's stail and … Explore chevron-right