'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
- Format
- 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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Paper, 'A description of the same narhual' by John Henry Hampe
Creator: Joannes Henricus Hampe Reference number: CLP/15ii/23
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 19, copies of papers communicated 1734-1736
1734-1736 Reference number: RBO/19
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Dates: 1661 - 1739
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