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Title
Townsend_Sperm_Whale_ChartD_1935
Author(s)
Charles Haskins Townsend
Published
1935
Publisher
Zoologica
Abstract
Chart D. Distribution of bowhead and humpback whales based on logbook records – mostly nineteenth century. Each colored platting represents the position of a whale-ship on a day when one or more whales were taken. Each month’s whaling is colored distinctively. Positions represent catches of 5,114 bowhead and 2,883 humpback whales. Prepared under direction from Charles Haskins Townsend. Records compiled by A. C. Watson. Draughtsman, R. W. Richmond.
Keywords
townsend whaling charts bowhead humpback whales
Full Citation
Townsend, C.H. 1935. The distribution of certain whales as shown by logbook records of American whaleships. Zoologica 19, No. 1:1-50, 4 charts.
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