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A voyage to Spitzbergen; : containing an account of that country, of the zoology of the North; of the Shetland Islands; and of the whale fishery. With an appendix, containing an historical account of the Dutch, English and American whale fisheries; some important observations on the variation of the compass, &c.; and some extracts from Mr. Scoresby's paper on "Polar ice."

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1825.
Call number: 624871
Creator: Laing, John(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: On long-term loan from the Los Angeles County Medical Association, 1992.
Dimensions: 19 cm
Associated people: Wilson, Lewis Grant,
Associated organizations: A. Balfour and Co.,; Los Angeles County Medical Association,
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