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Copper-plate engraving of a dead whale lying on the Greenland shore prior to butchering. A worker has marked a grid on the whale and is about to begin work removing the blubber with a large flensing tool. Shows windlasses and a sled used to haul the carcass ashore. 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: Fair
Some light foxing. Good platemark and margins. Remnants of old glue on verso only at margins.
COLORING: None
ENGRAVER: Unknown
SIZE: 10
" x
6 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0
PRICE: $
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