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Boats attacking whales, frontispiece

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Image ID

5533479


Item data

Title

Boats attacking whales, frontispiece

Collection

The natural history of the sperm whale: To which is added a sketch of a South-Sea whaling voyage, in which the author was personally engaged

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1839
Edition: 2nd
Place: London
Publisher: J. Van Voorst

Library Location

General Research Division
Shelf locator: VRW (Beale, T. Natural history of the sperm whale)

Subjects

Whales
Sperm whale hunting

Genres

Illustrations

Physical Description

Wood engravings

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13569144
Photo Order: 55703
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cccbc010-9d32-0133-5aef-00505686a51c

Rights

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1839

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MLA format

General Research Division, The New York Public Library. "Boats attacking whales, frontispiece" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1839. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cccbc010-9d32-0133-5aef-00505686a51c

APA format

General Research Division, The New York Public Library. (1839). Boats attacking whales, frontispiece Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cccbc010-9d32-0133-5aef-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

General Research Division, The New York Public Library. "Boats attacking whales, frontispiece" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cccbc010-9d32-0133-5aef-00505686a51c

Wikipedia citation

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