AUTHOR: Dewhurst, Henry William.
TITLE: The natural history of the order
Cetacea, and the oceanic inhabitants of the Arctic regions.
IMPRINT: London: published by the author,
1834.
COLLATION: xx, 331 p.: front., ill., 23
pl.; 22 cm.
NOTES: Advertisements: p. 329 331. Includes
a general history of whales, methods employed to capture the whale, the
early history and probable success of the British Whale Fisher, and the
natural history of the Arctic salmon, the codfish, mackerel, herring,
sword fish etc., as well as the different species of whales. A scarce
work which was published privately. Antiquariaat Junk catalogue
no. 270
REFERENCES: Nissen ZBI, 1106.
KEYWORDS: 1. Cetacea. 2. Marine fauna--Arctic
regions
LOCATION: QL737.C4D5 1834
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