Monstrous fishes and the Mead-Dark Sea : whaling in the medieval North Atlantic

Monstrous fishes and the Mead-Dark Sea : whaling in the medieval North Atlantic /

Medieval people viewed whales in complex and contradictory ways, as marvelous, monstrous or mundane, heaven-sent or hell-bent.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author:	Szabo, Vicki Ellen
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008
Series:	Northern world ; v. 35.
Subjects:	Whaling > North Atlantic Region > History > To 1500. Whales > North Atlantic Region > History > To 1500.
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

Description
Summary:	Medieval people viewed whales in complex and contradictory ways, as marvelous, monstrous or mundane, heaven-sent or hell-bent.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xx, 326 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-317) and index.
ISBN:	9789047432418 904743241X
ISSN:	1569-1462 ;
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:	Print version record.
Action Note:	digitized