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Shooting the harpoon (1st of 3)

Shooting the harpoon

Once whalers had sighted a whale they would hurl a harpoon attached to a rope, as shown in this 1814 aquatint etching by John Hewside Clark.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PUBL-0005
Etching with aquatint, hand coloured by John Hewside Clark

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page:

Jock Phillips. 'Whaling', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 2-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/whaling/3/1/1