01845nam 2200373 n 450 99639294240331620200824121636.0(CKB)4940000000110679(EEBO)2240917597(UnM)99867300e(UnM)99867300(EXLCZ)99494000000011067919940509d1658 uy |engurbn||||a|bb|Londons wonder[electronic resource] being a most true and positive relation of the taking and killing of a great whale neer to Greenwich; the said whale being fifty eight foot in length, twelve foot high, fourteen foot broad, and two foot between the eyes. At whose death was used harping-irons, spits, swords, guns, bills, axes, and hatchets, and all kind of sharp instruments to kill her: and at last two anchors being struck fast into her body, she could not remoove them, but the blood gusht out of her body, as the water does out of a pump. The report of which whale hath caused many hundred of people both by land and water to go and see her; the said whale being slaine hard by Greenwich upon the third day of Iune this present yere 1658. which is largely exprest in this following discourseLondon Printed for Francis Grove neere the Sarazens head on Snow-hill1658[14] pSignatures: A [-A7].Annotation on Thomason copy: "June"; "June 6.".Reproduction of the original in the British Library.eebo-0018WhalingEnglandEarly works to 1800OmensEarly works to 1800WhalingOmensCu-RivESCu-RivESCStRLINWaOLNBOOK996392942403316Londons wonder2402485UNISA