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A voyage to Spitzbergen: containing an account of that country, of the zoology of the North; of the Shetland Islands; and of the whale fisheryLaing, John (Surgeon)

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A voyage to Spitzbergen: containing an account of that country, of the zoology of the North; of the Shetland Islands; and of the whale fishery

Name: A voyage to Spitzbergen: containing an account of that country, of the zoology of the North; of the Shetland Islands; and of the whale fishery
Author: Laing, John (Surgeon)

Laing, John (Surgeon)

Animals -- Arctic regions; Shetland (Scotland) -- Description and travel; Svalbard (Norway) -- Description and travel; Whaling

_A List of Greenland and Davis’ Straits Ships, from Holland, since the
 year 1661, with the number of Fish caught each year._

  +---------+----------+------------------+
  | _Years_ | _Ships._ | _Fish._          |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1661   |   133    |   452            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1662   |   149    |   862            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1663   |   202    |   932            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1664   |   193    |   782            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1665   | }                           |
  +---------+ }  War with                 |
  |  1666   | } England, no               |
  +---------+ }  Ships out.               |
  |  1667   | }                           |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1668   |   155    |   573            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1669   |   138    |  1013            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1670   |   148    |   792            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1671   |   158    |  1088            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1672   | }                           |
  +---------+ }  War with                 |
  |  1673   | } England, no               |
  +---------+ }  Ships out.               |
  |  1674   | }                           |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1675   |   147    |   900            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1676   |   145    |   812            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1677   |   145    |   785            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1678   |   120    |  1118            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1679   |   126    |   792            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1680   |   151    |  1373            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1681   |   175    |   876            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1682   |   195    |  1444            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1683   |   242    |  1338            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1684   |   233    |  1153            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1685   |   200    |  1283            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1686   |   189    |   664            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1687   |   194    |   621            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1688   |   214    |   340            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1689   |   160    |   241            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1690   |   117    |   785            |
  +---------+----------+------------------+
  |  1691   |     2    | War with France. |
  +---------+----------+------------------+

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