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Whale Collection

Background imageWhale Collection: Whaling ship diagram, 1800s

Whaling ship diagram, 1800s
Deck plan and cutaway view of whaling schooner " Amelia" of New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageWhale Collection: BUSN2A-00109

BUSN2A-00109
Longboat crew attacking a whale with hand harpoons in the Arctic, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageWhale Collection: Harpooning a whale, 1800s

Harpooning a whale, 1800s
Whalers in longboats lancing a whale with harpoons, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageWhale Collection: Virginia map, 1588

Virginia map, 1588
Thomas Harriots map of Virginia, 1588. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a document

Background imageWhale Collection: BUSN2A-00002

BUSN2A-00002
Long boat crew harpooning a whale. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustratioin

Background imageWhale Collection: BUSN2A-00003

BUSN2A-00003
South Sea whaling in the 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageWhale Collection: Longboats pursuing a whale, 1800s

Longboats pursuing a whale, 1800s
Longboats racing to harpoon a whale. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageWhale Collection: BUSN2A-00138

BUSN2A-00138
Old wooden whaling-ship under sail. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageWhale Collection: Thar she blows

Thar she blows
Whaling schooner lookout calling, " There she blows!" Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageWhale Collection: Right whale

Right whale spouting. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageWhale Collection: BUSN2A-00045

BUSN2A-00045
Nantucket sleigh-ride in which a longboat is pulled by a harpoon line lodged in a whale. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageWhale Collection: EXPL2A-00346

EXPL2A-00346
Early map showing Nova Zembla off the Arctic coast of Russia, probably 1600s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction

Background imageWhale Collection: Virginia and North Carolina coast, 1500s

Virginia and North Carolina coast, 1500s
John Whites map of the Atlantic coast of North Carolina and Virginia, 1500s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction

Background imageWhale Collection: EXPL2A-00150

EXPL2A-00150
Chart of Vitus Berings voyage from Kamchatka, Russia, to North America, 1700s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction

Background imageWhale Collection: Champlains Quebec settlement, 1613

Champlains Quebec settlement, 1613
Champlains settlement at Quebec in New France, 1613. Hand-colored woodcut of a 17th-century illustration

Background imageWhale Collection: EXPL2A-00058

EXPL2A-00058
Samuel de Champlains map of the Gaspee and Gulf of the Saint Lawrence River, 1632. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of the original map

Background imageWhale Collection: EXPL2A-00296

EXPL2A-00296
Map of Champlains settlement on the Isle de Sainte Croix, Canada, 1613. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of the original map


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