Marine life observed by William Dampier (1651-1715) mb-code 1239066 St James's Park

St James's Park

sister of the then royal governess

With images in the margins of Aldgate and four ward churches: St James

his hair gathered in a queue

Marine life observed by William Dampier (1651-1715) mb-code 1239066 St James's ParkTwo 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