File:FMIB 33102 "Great Oyster" (giant clam; Tridacna gigas) from Singapore, International Fisheries Exhibition, London, 1883.jpg

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Frederick Whymper  (1838–1901)  wikidata:Q5499033 s:en:Author:Frederick Whymper
 
Description British explorer, journalist and scientist
Date of birth/death 20 July 1838 Edit this at Wikidata 26 November 1901 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q5499033
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English: "Great Oyster" (giant clam; Tridacna gigas) from Singapore. This is the finest known specimen, and to it the Jury awarded a diploma at the Fisheries Exhibition. Its weight is 3 cwt. 3 qrs. 14 lbs.; its length 3 ft. 4 in.; and its breadth 2 ft.; 2 in.
  • Subject: Tridacna gigas, Clams—Singapore
  • Geographic Subject: Singapore
  • Tag: Expositions
Date 1883
date QS:P571,+1883-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q219563
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English: Freshwater and Marine Image Bank
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33102
Source/Photographer Frederick Whymper (1883) Fisheries of the World: An Illustrated and Descriptive Record of the International Fisheries Exhibition, 1883, London: Cassell & Co. Limited, p. 232 OCLC: 745646195.
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Public domain This is a photograph from the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank at the University of Washington. Materials in the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank are in the public domain. No copyright permissions are needed. Acknowledgement of the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank as a source for borrowed images is requested.

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