Atlantic Grey Whale Extinct
circa 1700 CE • Atlantic Ocean
"The gray whale was once found in the North Atlantic. Sub-fossil remains, the most recent dated at around 1675, have been found on the eastern seaboard of North America from Florida to New Jersey and on the coasts of the English Channel and the North and Baltic seas. There are historical accounts of living gray whales from Iceland in the early 1600s and possibly off New England (USA) in the early 1700s. Gray whales are now only found in the North Pacific and adjacent waters."
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Theatrum belli in America Septentrionali : II. foliis comprehensum" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1761. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ef9c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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