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Alpheus Hyatt Verrill  (1871–1954)  wikidata:Q1960928 s:en:Author:Alpheus Hyatt Verrill q:it:Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
 
Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
Description American explorer, anthropologist, writer, archaeologist, science fiction writer and children's writer
Date of birth/death 23 July 1871 Edit this at Wikidata 14 November 1954 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death New Haven Chiefland
Work period 1912 Edit this at Wikidata–
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creator QS:P170,Q1960928
Description
English: Symbols Used by Whalemen in Their Log-Books .

1-Sperm whale . 2-Right whale or bowhead . 3-Grampus 4-Porpoise . 5-Boat lowered . 6-Flukes up 'sounded.' 7-Drew (escaped

  • Subject: Whaling, Signs and symbols--Whaling
  • Tag: Aquatic Mammals
Date 1916
date QS:P571,+1916-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
English: Freshwater and Marine Image Bank
Accession number
44685
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English: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt) (1916) Real Story of the Whaler : Whaling, Past and Present, New York City (NY): D. Appleton and Company, p. 165
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Public domain This is a photograph from the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank at the University of Washington. Materials in the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank are in the public domain. No copyright permissions are needed. Acknowledgement of the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank as a source for borrowed images is requested.

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