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Types of Whales [untitled object]

Forbes and Clark Collections Visualizing Maritime History Project

Black and white engraving of three types of whales: Right whale (Baleine Franche), Balaenoptera physalus (Baleinopt̬re Gibbar), Blaenoptera rorqual (Baleinopt̬re Rorqual). With no inscription, most likely a copy of diagram taken from Bernard Germain de Lac̩p̬de's Histoire Naturelle des C̩tac̩es (Paris, France: Chez Plassan, 1804).

whales
1804-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
S̬ve, Jacques de; Haussard, Catherine
ink; paper
9 1/2 in x 7 3/4 in
France: Paris