Paper, 'A description of the same narhual' by John Henry Hampe
Reference number: CLP/15ii/23
Description
Hampe shares details about a narwhal caught in the creek called 'Beluhmer Wadt', in the Duchy of Bremen.
Subject: Zoology
Read to the Royal Society on 19 February 1735
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A description of the same narhual'
- Reference number
- CLP/15ii/23
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Joannes Henricus Hampe, Paper, 'A description of the same narhual' by John Henry Hampe, CLP/15ii/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15ii_23/paper-a-description-of-the-same-narhual-by-john-henry-hampe, accessed on 11 October 2026
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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