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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 Christian 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 the old and new Greenland for the better elucidation of the said treatise. Translate...

Catalog Data

Author:
Monck, J  Search this
Type:
Citations
Place:
Arctic
Date:
1704
Notes:
narwhal pp. 550, 551, 558, figg (skull 3 views). whaling pp. 567-569; some of the views in the plates do not relate to Monck's voyage.
Topic:
Whaling  Search this
Morphology--Osteology  Search this
Osteology--Skull illustration  Search this
Skull illustration  Search this
Hudson Bay  Search this
Taxonomy:
Cetacea--Mysticetes
Cetacea--Odontocetes
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Monodontidae
Data Source:
Marine Mammals Bibliography
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_bib_7863