Some say the whale can't open his mouth, but that is a fable. * * *
They frequently climb up the masts to see whether they can see a whale, for the first discoverer has a ducat for his pains. * * *
I was told of a whale taken near Shetland, that had above a barrel of herrings in his belly. * * *
One of our harpooneers told me that he caught once a whale in Spitzbergen that was white all over."
A VOYAGE TO GREENLAND, A.D. 1671 HARRIS COLL.
10.875 x 15.75 inches
acrylic paint and ink on found paper
October 17, 2015
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