DESCRIPTION: Fine antique copper-plate engraving of a dead whale lying on the Greenland shore prior to flensing. A worker has marked a grid on the whale and is about to begin work removing the blubber with a large flensing tool. Shore-based flensing or cutting of the whales flesh was the method used by Nantucketer's during their early shore fishery . As the fishery moved offshore flensing was conducted by bringing the whale alongside the whaling ship. Illustrates Monck's "Account of a Most Dangerous Voyage to Greenland".
Shows windlasses, a sled, anchor, and flensing tools used to haul the carcass ashore and remove the whale's blubber.
Originally published in 1619, this state is from Churchill's Collection of Voyages & Travel (1744) vol. I. Page 444.
PUBLICATION DATE: 1744
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Greenland
BODY OF WATER: N/A
CONDITION: Very good.
Good platemark and wide margins. No folds, tears, or condition issues. Very clean and bright considering the age of this engraving.
COLORING: None
ENGRAVER: Unknown
SIZE: 10
" x
6 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 1
PRICE: $275
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