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Distribution of Northern and Southern Right Whales based on logbook records dating from 1785 to 1913
Townsend, Charles Haskins, 1859-1944 · [ca. 1913–1922]
Map of the world showing the distribution of northern and southern right whales based on logbook records dating from 1785 to 1913. Each colored dot represents the position of a whaleship on a day when one or more whales were taken. Each months whaling is colored distinctly, positions represent catches of 8,415 right whales.
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