Title

'Whale or Greenland Fishery', 1720, (1946). Creator: Elisha Kirkall.

Caption

'Whale or Greenland Fishery', 1720, (1946). British whaling ships off the coast of Greenland: sailors in small rowing boats hunt whales with harpoons; men attack a polar bear at bottom left, and a walrus is shot and clubbed on the right. From "British Polar Explorers", by Admiral Sir Edward Evans. [Collins, London, 1946]

Credit line

Photo12/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19G33_002

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NA

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License type

Rights managed

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63,2Mb (2,8Mb) / 19,2in x 12,8in / 5752 x 3840 (300dpi)

Keywords

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