The History of Special Collections at Brown University

Dirk De Jong
De Walvischvangst, met Veele Byzonderheden Daartoe Betrekkelyk.
Amsterdam: Petrus Conradi, 1784 - 1786.

De Jong's narrative of whalers in the Arctic, with plates drawn by Hendrik Kobell and engraved by Mathias de Sallieth, is a classic of Dutch whaling literature.

Morse Whaling Collection.  Gift of Doris C. and Elizabeth A. Morse.

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