A living whale! And monstrous living crocodile. In a communication to the Boston Journal, Professor Agassiz gives the following description of the white whale. [Page 2:] Catalogue. .Boston, June 3, 1861.

Reprints a letter describing a specimen of white whale by Louis Agassiz which was originally printed in the Boston Journal. Issued only one year after broadside #480, Cutting and Butler had increased the size of their establishment to include 47 tanks of fish and other aquatic animals and 17 cages o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boston Aquarial and Zoological Gardens
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Boston 1861
Subjects:
Broadsides
Broadside Class: Science
Broadside Division: Institutions
Broadside Subdivision: Museums and Menageries
Aquariums
Zoos
Whales
White whale
Online Access:https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/living-whale-and-monstrous-living-crocodile-communication-boston-journal-professor
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Summary:Reprints a letter describing a specimen of white whale by Louis Agassiz which was originally printed in the Boston Journal. Issued only one year after broadside #480, Cutting and Butler had increased the size of their establishment to include 47 tanks of fish and other aquatic animals and 17 cages of terrestrial animals.

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