In search of Moby Dick : quest for the white whale
Severin, Timothy, 1940-1999
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Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick immortalised the concept of a battling white sperm whale, but did such a creature really exist. In this text the author compares myth with reality in a fascinating journey of discovery.
Main title:
In search of Moby Dick : quest for the white whale / Tim Severin ; drawings by Trondur Patursson.
Imprint:
London : Little, Brown, 1999.
Collation:
242p., [8]p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, col. ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Map on lining papers.
ISBN:
9780316645959 (hbk)
Dewey class:
919.04919.604639.28
Local class:
TRAVEL T/SEVE
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
7326