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Author:
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Type:
Citations
Date:
1822
Notes:
Cap Cod "a place of good fishing; for we saw daily great whales of the best kind for oil and bone come close to or ship, anmd in fair weather swim and play about us;...." (p. 36 [sic]). This relates to the first visit of the Puritans to Massachusetts Bay in 1620.
Taxonomy:
Cetacea--Mysticetes
Data Source:
Marine Mammals Bibliography
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_bib_8325