The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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[Drawing of a Sperm Whale]

[Key to Courten's Cipher], ms not foliated (Drawing)

Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Leeds, Leeds Parish, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, Europe

Date:n.d. Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source)Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725) Annotation:Drawing of a sperm whale, presumably by Ralph Thoresby, with annotation below:


55½ ft long


11 high


11 Tayle Cidrad[?]


15½ ft. Long.


46 Teeth in Each Jaw