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This annotated bibliography and information pathfinder will focus on the subject of ambergris, the fragrant raw material for perfumery produced in the gut of the sperm whale, Physeter catodon L., and found cast up on tropical and subtropical seashores. The bibliography will cover the etymology of the modern term, the history of the discovery of its true origin, commercial uses and value, economics and place in art, music, folklore, religion and literature. The bibliography will also cover the science of its chemical, physical and organoleptic properties and equivalent modern synthetic substitutes. Materials reviewed are limited to those available in the Walter Clinton Jackson Library at UNCG (The University of North Carolina at Greensboro).
Photograph of a mass of ambergris found by the
whaling vessel Southern Harvester, April, 1954,
often reputed to be the largest ever recovered.
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