Marine life observed by William Dampier (1651-1715) mb-code 2595585 By the 1930s

By the 1930s

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the two cockerels

Austin was founder of the Austin Motor Company in 1905

Marine life observed by William Dampier (1651-1715) mb-code 2595585 By the 1930sTwo studies of marine creatures observed by William Dampier during his voyage to Australia [New Holland] in 1699. Figure 1 [inscribed 'F. 2'] captioned: 'The Dolphin of the Antients taken near the Line, called by our seamen a Porpus.' Figure 2 [Inscribed 'F7'] captioned: 'A Dolphin as it is usually called by our seamen, taken in the open Sea.' [the Dolphinfish or Mahi mahi, Coryphaena hippurus] Plate 2 facing p. 113 in: A voyage to New Holland, &c. In