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Sperm Whale SkeletonThe skeleton of a sperm whale
Whaling HarpoonA harpoon gun on the deck of the Norwegian whaling ship M. V. Rodny, at Ayr Harbour, Scotland
Various Whaling ItemsVarious implements used in whaling
Whaling Ship / 1849The Samuel Enderby, a whaling ship depicted departing for the Auckland Islands
WHALE C1870
Riding a killer whaleA man with a cowboy hat rides a killer whale. Date: 1960s
19th Century WhalingFrench whalers
The Great Ice Barrier, Antarctica, 1911Photograph showing a member of the Amundsen Antarctic Expedition of 1910-12 standing on top of the Great Ice Barrier, c.1911. Three men, under the command of Lt
Whaling from Small BoatWhaling from a small boat
Rendering Whale OilRendering whale oil in Holland
Sperm Whale from 1868A sperm whale attacked
A RIGHT WHALEA right whale
Whaling / Faroe IslandsThe slaughter Whaling in the Faroe Islands
Whales tongue, whaling ship, Greenland
On board a whaling ship near Greenland - Victorian period
A whaling ship near Greenland - Victorian period
Greenland Inuits on board a whaling ship - Victorian period
British and Norwegian bases in the South Pole. The routes taken by Captain Amunsden and Captain Scott. The Norwegian base was on the Bay of Whales, the British Base was at Roberston Bay
NEWFOUNDLAND WHALINGWhaling in Newfoundland. Date: 1930s
BEACHED WHALESWhaling in Norway. Dead whales are lined along the beaches. Whale meat, fat and other parts are sent to market and used for a great number of commodities, including perfume Date: 1930s
WW1 - Whales mistaken for submarinesThe bodies of hundreds of whales, sharks, and other large fish, mistaken for submarines in the zealous hunt for German raiders, now lie strewn along the Atlantic coast
Historical views of Poland. Polish men in the city of Cracow 55, Peter the Wild Boy found in a forest near Hamelin 56, and the inflammable springs near Cracow 57
Norfolk Island garden with whale bones, 1939A feature of many gardens on Norfolk Island in the Pacific which recalls the time when whales were caught off the coast: a porch formed of whales jaw-bones over a garden gate. 1939
MYSTICETE WHALE Date: 1811
GRAMPUS WHALE Date: 1811
CURRIER and IVES. Capturing the whale. Litography
Whaler with HarpoonA fisherman on the deck of a whaling ship next to a large harpoon. Date: early 1930s
Steamer Orion - Pacific Whaling Company, Victoria, B. CSteamer Orion - Pacific Whaling Company, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Date: circa 1910s
Scene of whale rescue attempt, River Thames, in which a Northern Bottlenose Whale was lost
Sea SerpentsTwo explanations for the sighting of sea serpents: the first, a school of porpoises; the second, the tentacles of a giant squid
Whale meat menu and recipe card: 1918Culinary science applied to the whale: the menu and recipes at a steak whale luncheon given by the American Museum of Natural History on 8th February 1918
Whales mistaken for u-boats during WW1A page from The Illustrated London News, featuring two whales photographed from the air, showing how they could be mistaken for u-boats, and consequently bombed. WW1
Harpoons. 6500-4000 BC. DenmarkHarpoons of deer antler for hunting small whales and seals. 6500-4000 BC. From Zealand coasts and fjords of Eastern Jutland. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark
Whaling / New EnglandA small whaler makes haste towards its target, in choppy seas off New England, U.S.A. Date: 1890
GESSNER, Conrad (1516-1565). Swiss naturalist and bibliographer. His five-volume Historiae animalium is considered the beginning of modern zoology
Whales Jaw Arch, Gibraltar. Date: circa 1900s
Whales and their relativesPoster advertising Whales and their relatives exhibition which opened in 1984
Hauling a Whale InHauling a whale onto a fishing vessel. Date: circa 1900
Whaling, South Georgia, 1912 (2) Date: 1912
Nipped in the Ice while whalingAmerican Whalers Crushed in the Ice. Date: ca. 1880
American Whalers Crushed in the Ice. Burning the wrecks to avoid danger to other vessels. Date: ca. 1872
The Whale Fishery Laying OnWhale Fishery. Date: 1852
Sorting Whale BlubberFishermen sorting out whale blubber on shore. Date: 1930s
LAND WHALETHE STEAM GOD (Walter Kateley) The lost aviator, in the hidden valley, is shown the land whales Date: 1929
Baleen whaleA baleen whale splashes out of the water on a rocky coastline while black-headed gulls flock around
Two whales in the sea, with birds and mountainsThe fins of two whales in the sea, with birds flying above and mountains in the background
Whale Gun and Snow-shoe, 1875Engraving of a typical harpoon gun, used for shooting whales or walrus in the Arctic region, and a patent snow-shoe or ski, 1875
Sperm Whale at SeaSperm whale at sea