This is an informative and inspiring collection of articles about cone shells with colour photos to help the collector identify the different varieties. It is part of a series published by Seashell-collector.com. (2.7 MiB, PDF, 48 pages)
This wonderfully illustrated brochure provides essential information about the Atlantic Herring — a “commercially important fish stock for over 5000 years” found throught British and Irish waters. It also spotlights The St Ives Herring Industry, The Irish Herring Season and The North Sea Herring Voyage. The brochure is courtesy of the Borlase Smart John Wells Trust based in St Ives, Cornwall, England. (3.2 MiB, PDF, 4 pages)
‘Conchologia Iconica: Or, Illustrations of the Shells of Molluscous Animals‘ is a classic book for shell collectors. It is the magnum opus of Lovell Augustus Reeve (1814– 1865), an English conchologist and publisher. This first of 20 volumes was published in 1843 with colour illustrations that are a delight to the eye. (27.4 MiB, PDF, 569 pages)
This article gives a close-up view of American whale-hunting in the 19th century. It explains in detail the preparations made before the hunt, the equipment and tools used, and the actual killing of the whale. The article was excerpted from the 1874 book ‘‘The Marine Mammals of the North-western Coast of North American, Described and Illustrated Together with an Account of the American Whale-Fishery’ by Captain Charles M. Scammon. (1.5 MiB, PDF, 25 pages)
‘The Shell Tribe’ is about seashells and other sea animals whose shell is not external but is imbedded in the skin (e.g., corals and starfishes). Featured are 12 colour illustrations. This article is included as Chapter I in the 1914 book, ‘Nature Neighbours: Embracing Birds, Plants, Animals, Minerals’ (Vol. V — Animals). The book is courtesy of the University of Illinois Library and was digitised by the Internet Archive. (1.4 MiB, PDF, 31 pages)
