Charles M. Scammon, The Marine Mammals of the North-western Coast of North America (San Francisco: John H. Carmany, 1874)

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Charles M. Scammon, The Marine Mammals of the North-western Coast of North America (San Francisco: John H. Carmany, 1874)
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A whaling captain's natural history of the whales of the North Pacific, with an account of the American whale fishery there. Read 14 Oct 2026 in the Internet Archive's copy (Smithsonian Libraries); Plate XXVI, "A Northern Whaling Scene," is in the Gallery.

  • Fog on the grounds (p. 63): "These fogs frequently are so dense that no object can be seen much farther off than a ship's length."
  • The northern watch (p. 258): "'Standing mast-heads' in the biting cold, which is varied by storms of sleet and dismal fogs."
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  2. title: "Charles M. Scammon, The Marine Mammals of the North-western Coast of North America (San Francisco: John H. Carmany, 1874)"
  3. type: book
  4. date: "1874"
  5. url: "https://archive.org/details/marinemammalsofn00scam"
  6. seen: image
  7. access: public
  8. ---
  10. A whaling captain's natural history of the whales of the North Pacific, with an account of the American
  11. whale fishery there. Read 14 Oct 2026 in the Internet Archive's copy (Smithsonian Libraries); Plate XXVI,
  12. "A Northern Whaling Scene," is in the Gallery.
  14. - Fog on the grounds (p. 63): "These fogs frequently are so dense that no object can be seen much farther
  15. off than a ship's length."
  16. - The northern watch (p. 258): "'Standing mast-heads' in the biting cold, which is varied by storms of
  17. sleet and dismal fogs."
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