The Bergen Minke Whale in Naples – The scientific relationship between Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie and the Italian natural scientist Stefano delle Chiaje

In the Grand Hall of the Zoological Museum of Naples, a skeleton of a minke whale – a Balaenoptera rostrata – is exhibited. It is only recently that the history of this whale has been reconstructed. This was the result of research conducted in connection with an extensive biography of the Italian sc...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Torino, Marielva
Other Authors: Aslaksen, Knut Olav
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universitetet i Bergen 2022
Subjects:
Naples
Bergen
Zoologica Museum
Stefano delle Chiaje
Mink whale
Skeleton
Christie
Wilhelm F.K
Koren
minke whale
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3113134
Description
Summary:In the Grand Hall of the Zoological Museum of Naples, a skeleton of a minke whale – a Balaenoptera rostrata – is exhibited. It is only recently that the history of this whale has been reconstructed. This was the result of research conducted in connection with an extensive biography of the Italian scientist and natural researcher Stefano delle Chiaje. The work revealed interesting documents in the State Archive of Naples and the Bergen Museum archive – documents that, when coupled together, supplement each other.

Similar Items