Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Greenland: above, indigenous fish including seals; centre, three different whales; below, whale fisher in their attire. Coloured etching.
Greenland: above, indigenous fish including seals; centre, three different whales; below, whale fisher in their attire. Coloured etching.
Wellcome Collection

Greenland: above, indigenous fish including seals; centre, three different whales; below, whale fisher in their attire. Coloured etching.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Of the fishe &c. of Greenland ...the whale bone whence taken. Another whale. The fin fish ...

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