1837 A lesser Rorqual (now more commonly known as Minke whale Balaenoptera acuto-rostrata) beached and tied. from Jardine's \Naturalist's Library\", W

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1837 A lesser Rorqual (now more commonly known as Minke whale Balaenoptera acuto-rostrata) beached and tied. from Jardine's \Naturalist's Library\", Whales, Volume VI, from artwork of Stewart engraved by W. H. Lizars. Original hand colouring. This small whale is currently the only whale being openly commercially hunted."

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Photo credit: © PAUL D STEWART/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: 19th, arctic, balaena, century, colour, commercial, engraving, extinction, greenland, moratorium, mysticetus, rare, traditional, whale, whaling