There are only two books in being which at all pretend to put the living Sperm Whale before you, and at the same time, in the remotest degree succeed in the attempt. Those books are Beale's and Bennett's; both in their times surgeons to English South-Sea whale-ships, and both exact and reliable men.


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    Title :

    BRITISH WHALING SURGEONS IN THE SOUTH SEAS, 1823–1843


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    The Mariner's Mirror ; 74 , 4 ; 401-415


    Publication date :

    1988-01-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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