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  <dc:title>Unpublished paper and letter, 'Contributions towards the anatomy of whales' by Willm [William] Scoresby</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Scoresby provides his anatomical description of the Balaena mysticetus [bowhead whale] and the narwhal based on observations made on a trip to the coast of Greenland. Preceded by a covering letter and four plates of illustrations.

Subject: Marine Biology / Zoology

Written by Scoresby in Liverpool [Merseyside, England]. Communicated by Sir Everard Home.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>30 November 1821</dc:date>
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