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 (DIR) Post #B9Z5oLMlSbfMEQwLRI by gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
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       The Lost Vocabulary of Whaling - A forensic glossaryAFTER 250 YEARS OF EXPLOITATION, what remains is a graveyard of vocabulary and tools. By Sarah SaxArt By Ella Frances Sandershttps://orionmagazine.org/article/the-lost-vocabulary-of-whaling/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01M0CVFEX3TCZ226X7DNTZ6A7B&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ERBooks about Whaling at PG:https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/11#books #animal_vocabulary
       
 (DIR) Post #B9Z9KN7wkRyKp3yO6y by lemgandi@mastodon.social
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       @gutenberg_org Aah this is So Cool!I've been to the Whaling Museum in Nantucket. The tools they used were clearly not for mortals.I think I've read _Moby Dick_ at least five times, both for academic credit and for pleasure. At a glance, many of these terms are from that novel.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9ZAT82eIxPgb2EbQG by gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
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       @lemgandi And the illustrations are gorgeous!