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Analysis of a journal of a voyage for the discovery, &c. of a North-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, in the years 1819-20. By Captain W. E. Parry, R.N., F.R.S. Lond. 1821, 4to, pp. 479, with 20 plates and charts; and of a Journal of a voyage of discovery to the Arctic regions, by Alexander Fisher, surgeon, R.N., 8vo, pp. 320

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Author:
Editors  Search this
Type:
Citations
Date:
1821
Notes:
A review of the works containing incidental references to cetacea including a description of musical sounds made by the beluga (p. 181). See 1821 Fisher, A.
Topic:
White whale  Search this
Belukha  Search this
Beluga  Search this
Acoustics  Search this
Taxonomy:
Cetacea--Mysticetes
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Monodontidae--Delphinapterus--leucas
Data Source:
Marine Mammals Bibliography
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_bib_8308