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Anonymous Sun Nov 15 16:11:39 2020 No.16793246 [View]
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>>16792992
I submit pic related, Frédéric Cuvier's 1836 illustration of a sperm whale.
1. It's in the public domain.
2. A high-res copy is available via Wikimedia
3. Melville specifically mentions it in chapter 55 as one of the worst pictures of a whale he's ever seen.
>Before showing that picture to any Nantucketer, you had best provide for your summary retreat from Nantucket. In a word, Frederick Cuvier’s Sperm Whale is not a Sperm Whale, but a squash.

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