Strange news from Gravesend and Greenwich. being an exact and more full relation of two miraculous and monstrous fishes first discovered in Rainham Creek, and afterwards pursued by fishermen up the river of Thames, who with harping irons and fish-spears kill'd the biggest of them at Gravesend, which after thousands of people had view'd it, they hew'd in pieces and boyl'd in cauldrons for the oyl. The other was taken and kill'd at Greenwich, which being measured, was found to be one and twenty foot in length, and sixteen foot over. And likewise a less than either of these which was in company with them, which made his escape from the fishermen, and got away to sea again. This relation being attested by many thousands of eye-witnesses, which have seen them both.

A true and wonderfull relation of a whale, pursued in the sea, and incounterd by multitudes of other fishes, as it was certified by divers mariners of Weymouth, who comming from France, in the good ship called the Bonaventure, did shoote the said vvhale, which making to land did strike upon the shore, within three miles of VVeymouth, where being opened there was found in the belly of it a Romish priest, with pardons for divers Papists in England and in Ireland, whose names are here inserted.

8 p.Place and date of publication fron Wing.Annotation on Thomason copy: "Nou: 7th 1645".Reproductio...

The stranding of two false killer whales [Pseudorca crassidens (Owen)] at Pozhikara, north of Cape Comorin

Silas, E G
Pillai, C Kumara

January 1960

On 27 November 1960 the fishermen at Pozhikara, a fishing village between Cape Comorin and Colachel ...

A Great miracle at sea, or, A perfect relation of a mighty whale which was pursued in the sea ... : as it was certified by divers mariners of Weymouth sayling from France in a shipp called the Bonanaventure, did shoot the whale, which ... was found dead upon the shore within three miles of Weymouth, where the countrey people ... having opened it's belly, found a Romish priest, with a black box of pardons from the pope for many papists in England and Ireland, whose names are here printed : also the names of the sea-men who were present ...

[2], 6 p.Date of event given in text as 19 October, 1645.Reproduction of original in Bodleian Librar...

A description of a strange (and miraculous) fish cast upon the sands in the meads, in the hundred of Worwell, in the county Palatine of Chester, (or Chesshiere. The certainty whereof is here related concerning the said most monstrous fish. To the tune of Bragandary.

M. P. (Martin Parker), d. 1656?

1 sheet ([2] p.) : ill.Signed: M. P., i.e. Martin Parker.A ballad.In two parts.Suggested publication...

Strange news from Tovver-Ditch: being a perfect relation of the vast quantity of fish taken there on Fryday the 20th of this instant October : with the strange manner of their coming in ... as also, the most profitable conjectures of intelligent persons concerning the cause or reason of this wonderful accident.

[2], 6 p.Date of publication from Wing (2nd ed.)."This may be printed, October 24. Roger L'Estrange....

The worlds wonder! or, The prophetical fish.: Being a full description of this monster, its length & breadth with predictions on it. As it was taken by fisher-men in the port of Cucanga, neer the province and kingdom of China, in the year 1664. and sent to the emperour of Germany, and from thence convey'd to his Royal Majesty, the king of Greeat Brittain, &c. To the tune of, When stormy winds do blow.

3 leaves ([3] p.) : ill.Contains two illustrations.Second leaf has separate imprint, and appears to ...

Strange news from Ireland, or, A true and perfect relation of a famous fish taken at Kingsale the manner of its taking, and description of its horrible shapes / as it was certified in a letter from one Mr. Robinson, living in Kingsale, (an eye-witness) to Mr. John Davie a relation of his, living in Westminster.

Robinson, Mr.
Davie, John.

January 1677

8 p."With allowance. Ro. L'Estrange."Imperfect: stained.Reproduction of original in: British Library

The marine mercury, or, A true relation of the strange appearance of a man-fish about three miles within the river of Thames, having a musket in one hand and a petition in the other credibly reported by six saylors who both saw and talkt with the monster : whos names here following are inserted : whereunto is added a relation how Sir Simon Heartley with his company gave battell to a company of rebels and slew 500, tooke 4 colours and routed 1500 more : this being performed on the 6 of Ianuary, 1641 ... / written by Iohn Hare, ...

Hare, John, 17th cent.

January 1642

[7] p."Sir Simon Heartley" is evidently an error for Sir Simon Harcourt.Reproduction of original in ...

Strange and wonderful news being a true, tho' sad relation of six sea-men. (Belonging to the Margaret of Boston,) who sold themselves to the devil, and were invisibly carry'd away. : With an account of the said ship being sunk under water, where she continued full eleven weeks : all which time, to admiration, the rest of the ship's crew liv'd, and fed upon raw meat, and live fish, that swam over their heads. : The names of three persons, that were (thro' mercy) preserv'd so long under water, were William Davies, (a man very well known to the merchants in London,) Mr. VVilliam Kadner, and Mr. William Bywater. : There was only one boy drowned. : The truth of which strange and miraculous relation, will be attested at Mr. Loyd's coffee house, near the general post-office, in Lombard-Street; where the original letter at large, will be shewn to any person that desires to be further satisfy'd in the truth hereof; : and by several eminent merchants upon the Exchange.

[1], 2-8 p.Date of publication suggested by Wing.Reproduction of original in: British Library, Londo...

Strange news from the deep: being a full account of a large prodigious whale, lately taken in the river Wivner, within six miles of Colchester : declaring the strange manner of its coming up, by what unusuall means it was seized upon by the neighboring inhabitants : also an account of the like prodigious accidents in general.

January 1677

8 p. ill.Contains ill. on t.p. and at end of text.Reproduction of original in: British Library

big squids

squid n�"The early literature of natural history has, from very remote times, contained allusions t...

thrasher

April 1984

thrasherChased by Acquatic (sic) Monster Boats Loaded with Men, Women and Children Have Narrow Es...

The Flying serpent, or, Strange news out of Essex being a true relation of a monstrous serpent which hath divers times been seen at a parish called Henham on the Mount within four miles of Saffron-Walden : showing the length, proportion and bigness of the serpent, the place where it commonly lurks, and what means hath been used to kill it : also a discourse of other serpents, and particularly of a cockatrice killed at Saffron-Walden / the truth of thi[s] relation of the serpent is attested, by [brace] Richard Jackson ... [et al.].

[8] p. : ill.Imperfect: cropped and tightly bound, with print show-through and slight loss of print....

A Tale of Two Stuffed Fish:Coastal Encounters in Sir John Richardson’s Scientific Writings

Donaldson, Christopher
Maclaine, James

May 2023

This essay delves into the history of two stuffed fish in London’s Natural History Museum. These fis...

19th-Century Marine Monster and their entanglement

Ulrike Fuss

July 2017

In her article in the Hakai magazine (February 6, 2017) Rachel Fritts gives some background about a...

A true and wonderfull relation of a whale, pursued in the sea, and incounterd by multitudes of other fishes, as it was certified by divers mariners of Weymouth, who comming from France, in the good ship called the Bonaventure, did shoote the said vvhale, which making to land did strike upon the shore, within three miles of VVeymouth, where being opened there was found in the belly of it a Romish priest, with pardons for divers Papists in England and in Ireland, whose names are here inserted.

8 p.Place and date of publication fron Wing.Annotation on Thomason copy: "Nou: 7th 1645".Reproductio...

The stranding of two false killer whales [Pseudorca crassidens (Owen)] at Pozhikara, north of Cape Comorin

Silas, E G
Pillai, C Kumara

January 1960

On 27 November 1960 the fishermen at Pozhikara, a fishing village between Cape Comorin and Colachel ...

A Great miracle at sea, or, A perfect relation of a mighty whale which was pursued in the sea ... : as it was certified by divers mariners of Weymouth sayling from France in a shipp called the Bonanaventure, did shoot the whale, which ... was found dead upon the shore within three miles of Weymouth, where the countrey people ... having opened it's belly, found a Romish priest, with a black box of pardons from the pope for many papists in England and Ireland, whose names are here printed : also the names of the sea-men who were present ...

[2], 6 p.Date of event given in text as 19 October, 1645.Reproduction of original in Bodleian Librar...

A description of a strange (and miraculous) fish cast upon the sands in the meads, in the hundred of Worwell, in the county Palatine of Chester, (or Chesshiere. The certainty whereof is here related concerning the said most monstrous fish. To the tune of Bragandary.

M. P. (Martin Parker), d. 1656?

1 sheet ([2] p.) : ill.Signed: M. P., i.e. Martin Parker.A ballad.In two parts.Suggested publication...

Strange news from Tovver-Ditch: being a perfect relation of the vast quantity of fish taken there on Fryday the 20th of this instant October : with the strange manner of their coming in ... as also, the most profitable conjectures of intelligent persons concerning the cause or reason of this wonderful accident.

[2], 6 p.Date of publication from Wing (2nd ed.)."This may be printed, October 24. Roger L'Estrange....

The worlds wonder! or, The prophetical fish.: Being a full description of this monster, its length & breadth with predictions on it. As it was taken by fisher-men in the port of Cucanga, neer the province and kingdom of China, in the year 1664. and sent to the emperour of Germany, and from thence convey'd to his Royal Majesty, the king of Greeat Brittain, &c. To the tune of, When stormy winds do blow.

3 leaves ([3] p.) : ill.Contains two illustrations.Second leaf has separate imprint, and appears to ...

Strange news from Ireland, or, A true and perfect relation of a famous fish taken at Kingsale the manner of its taking, and description of its horrible shapes / as it was certified in a letter from one Mr. Robinson, living in Kingsale, (an eye-witness) to Mr. John Davie a relation of his, living in Westminster.

Robinson, Mr.
Davie, John.

January 1677

8 p."With allowance. Ro. L'Estrange."Imperfect: stained.Reproduction of original in: British Library

The marine mercury, or, A true relation of the strange appearance of a man-fish about three miles within the river of Thames, having a musket in one hand and a petition in the other credibly reported by six saylors who both saw and talkt with the monster : whos names here following are inserted : whereunto is added a relation how Sir Simon Heartley with his company gave battell to a company of rebels and slew 500, tooke 4 colours and routed 1500 more : this being performed on the 6 of Ianuary, 1641 ... / written by Iohn Hare, ...

Hare, John, 17th cent.

January 1642

[7] p."Sir Simon Heartley" is evidently an error for Sir Simon Harcourt.Reproduction of original in ...

Strange and wonderful news being a true, tho' sad relation of six sea-men. (Belonging to the Margaret of Boston,) who sold themselves to the devil, and were invisibly carry'd away. : With an account of the said ship being sunk under water, where she continued full eleven weeks : all which time, to admiration, the rest of the ship's crew liv'd, and fed upon raw meat, and live fish, that swam over their heads. : The names of three persons, that were (thro' mercy) preserv'd so long under water, were William Davies, (a man very well known to the merchants in London,) Mr. VVilliam Kadner, and Mr. William Bywater. : There was only one boy drowned. : The truth of which strange and miraculous relation, will be attested at Mr. Loyd's coffee house, near the general post-office, in Lombard-Street; where the original letter at large, will be shewn to any person that desires to be further satisfy'd in the truth hereof; : and by several eminent merchants upon the Exchange.

[1], 2-8 p.Date of publication suggested by Wing.Reproduction of original in: British Library, Londo...

Strange news from the deep: being a full account of a large prodigious whale, lately taken in the river Wivner, within six miles of Colchester : declaring the strange manner of its coming up, by what unusuall means it was seized upon by the neighboring inhabitants : also an account of the like prodigious accidents in general.

January 1677

8 p. ill.Contains ill. on t.p. and at end of text.Reproduction of original in: British Library

big squids

squid n�"The early literature of natural history has, from very remote times, contained allusions t...

thrasher

April 1984

thrasherChased by Acquatic (sic) Monster Boats Loaded with Men, Women and Children Have Narrow Es...

The Flying serpent, or, Strange news out of Essex being a true relation of a monstrous serpent which hath divers times been seen at a parish called Henham on the Mount within four miles of Saffron-Walden : showing the length, proportion and bigness of the serpent, the place where it commonly lurks, and what means hath been used to kill it : also a discourse of other serpents, and particularly of a cockatrice killed at Saffron-Walden / the truth of thi[s] relation of the serpent is attested, by [brace] Richard Jackson ... [et al.].

[8] p. : ill.Imperfect: cropped and tightly bound, with print show-through and slight loss of print....

A Tale of Two Stuffed Fish:Coastal Encounters in Sir John Richardson’s Scientific Writings

Donaldson, Christopher
Maclaine, James

May 2023

This essay delves into the history of two stuffed fish in London’s Natural History Museum. These fis...

19th-Century Marine Monster and their entanglement

Ulrike Fuss

July 2017

In her article in the Hakai magazine (February 6, 2017) Rachel Fritts gives some background about a...

A true and wonderfull relation of a whale, pursued in the sea, and incounterd by multitudes of other fishes, as it was certified by divers mariners of Weymouth, who comming from France, in the good ship called the Bonaventure, did shoote the said vvhale, which making to land did strike upon the shore, within three miles of VVeymouth, where being opened there was found in the belly of it a Romish priest, with pardons for divers Papists in England and in Ireland, whose names are here inserted.

8 p.Place and date of publication fron Wing.Annotation on Thomason copy: "Nou: 7th 1645".Reproductio...

The stranding of two false killer whales [Pseudorca crassidens (Owen)] at Pozhikara, north of Cape Comorin

Silas, E G
Pillai, C Kumara

January 1960

On 27 November 1960 the fishermen at Pozhikara, a fishing village between Cape Comorin and Colachel ...

A Great miracle at sea, or, A perfect relation of a mighty whale which was pursued in the sea ... : as it was certified by divers mariners of Weymouth sayling from France in a shipp called the Bonanaventure, did shoot the whale, which ... was found dead upon the shore within three miles of Weymouth, where the countrey people ... having opened it's belly, found a Romish priest, with a black box of pardons from the pope for many papists in England and Ireland, whose names are here printed : also the names of the sea-men who were present ...

[2], 6 p.Date of event given in text as 19 October, 1645.Reproduction of original in Bodleian Librar...

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