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Pesca del Balena. Pesca del Pesce Sega.

Forbes and Clark Collections Visualizing Maritime History Project

Engraving with an elaborate border in two frames. Top, a bird's eye view of whaling with the text "Oceano Settentrionale" and "Pesca della Balena". Below, a bird's eye view of a narwhal hunt with highly stylized narwhals, with the text "Pesca del pesce sega" and "Mare di Spitzberga".

whales
1650-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
unknown
ink; laid paper
12 in x 20 in
Italy