Who could fail to recognise the #whale ( #cetus ) with its characteristic shape and scales?
#melvillemonday #historicalwhale

Jacob van Maerlant, Der naturen bloeme (1300); Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Ms. germ. f. 52 digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?...

Drawings of right and sperm whales, accompanied by the coordinates at which they were sighted.
#Log of the ship Indian Chief by Thomas R. Bloomfield (1842–1844).
#whale #historicalwhale #oceanspast
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