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'An Account of a Narval or Unicorn Fish, lately taken alive in the Dutchy of Bremen: communicated by Doctor Hampe'

Reference number: RBO/19/45

Date: 1735

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Details about a narwhal caught in the creek called 'Beluhmer Wadt'
Read to the Royal Society on 19 February 1735

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RBO/19/45
Earliest possible date
1735
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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'An Account of a Narval or Unicorn Fish, lately taken alive in the Dutchy of Bremen: communicated by Doctor Hampe', 1735, RBO/19/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_19_45/an-account-of-a-narval-or-unicorn-fish-lately-taken-alive-in-the-dutchy-of-bremen-communicated-by-doctor-hampe, accessed on 13 February 2026

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