| RefNo | CLP/15i/28 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'A relation of a sword-fish, that had struck his sword through a three inch plank of an English ship' by Richard Tylor |
| Date | May 1675 |
| Description | Tylor shares observations concerning the damage caused to a ship off the coast of Newfoundland [Canada] by a swordfish (Xiphias gladius). The ship was bound for Alicante [Spain] and laden with dry fish when Tylor noticed a leak which had been caused by a swordfish.
Subject: Zoology / Ichthyology
Read to the Royal Society on 27 May 1675 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |