Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volumen33Smithsonian Institution, 1904 - 332 páginas |
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... Middle Ages , finally crossed to Newfoundland in pursuit of their quarry at a period antedating Colum- bus's discovery . Thus , P. Fischer in 1872 , in his account of the Basque whale fishery , writes : " When the Basques had destroyed ...
... Middle Ages , finally crossed to Newfoundland in pursuit of their quarry at a period antedating Colum- bus's discovery . Thus , P. Fischer in 1872 , in his account of the Basque whale fishery , writes : " When the Basques had destroyed ...
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... middle of which there is a groove where the line is attached ; and as soon as the harpooner sees his chance , he throws his harpoon at the whale , the same entering well forward . As soon as it ( the whale ) feels itself wounded , it ...
... middle of which there is a groove where the line is attached ; and as soon as the harpooner sees his chance , he throws his harpoon at the whale , the same entering well forward . As soon as it ( the whale ) feels itself wounded , it ...
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... middle - sized man , which makes 25 feet . And the fear was not a little that all had when with its leaps it came alongside our vessel , because our caravel was small . And from what we could surmise it seemed that this animal felt ...
... middle - sized man , which makes 25 feet . And the fear was not a little that all had when with its leaps it came alongside our vessel , because our caravel was small . And from what we could surmise it seemed that this animal felt ...
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... middle of the sixteenth and the middle of the eighteenth centuries , beginning with the treatises of Rondelet ( 1554 ) and Olaus Magnus ( 1555 ) and ending with the tenth edition of Linnæus's Systema Naturæ , may be conveniently divided ...
... middle of the sixteenth and the middle of the eighteenth centuries , beginning with the treatises of Rondelet ( 1554 ) and Olaus Magnus ( 1555 ) and ending with the tenth edition of Linnæus's Systema Naturæ , may be conveniently divided ...
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... middle of the seven- teenth century , and those on ambergris and on Jonah's whale in the later decades of that century . None of the early naturalists , such as Rondelet ( 1554 ) , Gesner ( 1551 ) , or Belon ( 1551 ) , made any ...
... middle of the seven- teenth century , and those on ambergris and on Jonah's whale in the later decades of that century . None of the early naturalists , such as Rondelet ( 1554 ) , Gesner ( 1551 ) , or Belon ( 1551 ) , made any ...
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abdominal ridges acuto-rostrata American specimens anus Atlantic Balana baleen BALENA STATION BALENOPTERA MUSCULUS BALENOPTERA PHYSALUS bellicosa Beneden biscayensis blowholes bones BONNATERRE border Cape Cod caudal peduncle centrum cervical cetaceans cetology chevron cisarctica coast color CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE Cope's curved dark gray distal end Ditto dorsal fin Eschricht EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN European specimens feet females FIGURE Finback Finback whale flukes follows furrows Gasco Gervais Greatest breadth Greenland humerus Humpback Iceland inches individuals Island longimana lumbar mandible Mass maxilla measurements median line Megaptera MEGAPTERA NODOSA BONNATERRE nasals navel Newfoundland Newfoundland specimens North Norwegian Ocean City osphyia pectoral fin PLATE posterior margin regarding remarks Right whale Sars's Scammon scapula side skeleton skull SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS Snook's Arm snout species sternum straight Struthers Sulphurbottom surface Taranto total length U. S. National Museum upper jaw Ventral view vertebræ voyage whale fishery whalebone