The Whale Fishery
Book Description
Monthly Supplement of The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. April 30 to May 31, 1833. Charles Knight. London. 4to. Extract, unbound. 8pp. 4 engravings. A couple of spots, light toning, otherwise crisp and bright. Engravings of: Harpooning the Wales in the Arctic Seas; Carcass of the Whale; Skeleton of the Whale; The Harpoon; Dangers of the Whale Fishery.
Scoresby, Greenland, Shetland, Arctic, Davis' Straits, Baffin's Bay, Liverpool, Whitby, Hull, Peterhead etc.
Author
Monthly Supplement of The Penny Magazine
Date
1833
Publisher
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Pages
8pp
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