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antique maps and prints from the Netherlands
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| Title | A Whale Female and the windlais whereby the Whales are brought on shore | |
| Maker | John Monck / Chruchills 'Collection of Voyages', published for Henry Lintot and John Osborn. | |
| Year | 1744 | |
| Description | Antique print ( copper engraving) of the way whales were brought on shore in Spitsbergen from ' An Account of a most Dangerous Voyage Perform'd by the Famous Capt. John Monck, in the Years 1619, and 1620. By the Special Command of Cristian IV King of Denmark, Norway, &c. to Hudson's Straits, in order to discover a Passage on that side, betwixt Greenland and America to the West-Indies. With a Description of Old and New Greenland, for the better Elucidation of the said Treatise' (first issue in 1650) taken from 'Churchill's 'A Collection of Voyages and Travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts others now first printed in English', printed in 1744 for Henry Lintot and John Osborn. | |
| Location/Subject | Antique natural history prints / Whale fishing | |
| Condition | Fine | |
| Coloring | Black/White | |
| overall size | Overall size : 13,5 x 8 1/4 inch. Image size: 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inch | |
| Price | $495.00 | |
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