Concession of whaling and sealing rights in the North Atlantic : Paris, 1644 Aug. 4.

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Concession of whaling and sealing rights in the North Atlantic : Paris, 1644 Aug. 4.

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Concession of whaling and sealing rights in the Arctic regions of Novaíà Zemlíà (Russia), Spitzbergen Island (Norway), Grande Baye (Baffin Bay?), l'Etroit d'Anian (Bering Strait), and Groeland (Greenland), by the king of France to Claude Rousseau, dated in Paris on Aug. 4, 1644.

1 sheet ([1] p.) : parchment ; 60 x 82 cm.

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