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Description
English harpoons. Fig. 1. Old-style harpoon; now little usedFig. 2. Hand harpoon in general use about 1857Fig. 3. Hand-harpoon now in general use on Scotch whalersDrawings by Capt. William Adams, Dundee, Scotland (Image credit: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service)
Credit
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Collection
Historic Fisheries
History and Methods of Fisheries
Whale and Porpoise
Keywords
Whale & Porpoise Fisheries