Title
Townsend_Sperm_Whale_ChartC_1935
Author(s)
Charles Haskins Townsend
Published
1935
Publisher
Zoologica
Abstract
Chart C.
Distribution of northern and southern right whales based on logbook records dating from 1785 to 1913.
Each colored platting represents the position of a whale-ship on a day when one or more whales were taken. Each month’s whaling is colored distinctively. Positions represent catches of 8,415 right whales.
Prepared under direction from Charles Haskins Townsend. Records compiled by A. C. Watson. Draughtsman, R. W. Richmond.
Keywords
townsend whaling charts right whale
Full Citation
Townsend, C.H. 1935. The distribution of certain whales as shown by logbook records of American whaleships. Zoologica 19, No. 1:1-50, 4 charts.
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