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john leo

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An 'old Barbary traveller' whose account provides another attestation of the whale's antiquity, describing a temple made of whale-bones.
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old Barbary traveller
occupation
traveller

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  • describesWhale-Bone Temple (John Leo's account)
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    John Leo, the Barbary traveller, documented a temple near the sea whose construction notably incorporated whale bones, a testament to the size of whales found there.
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    as set down by the venerable John Leo, the old Barbary traveller. “Not far from the Sea-side, they have a Temple, the Rafters and Beams of which are made of Whale-Bones
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