Banvard claimed the Arctic Re Projector could locate whale movement within a twenty mile radius

They claimed that the Narwhal Sonar Buoys attracted the leviathans with expediency

Off of Gaspe, ready to dive for the elusive whale

Barnum was constantly making ill-advised improvements to the Arctic Re-Projector

Now you know what a Whale-O-Graph looks like

Banvard and the whale meter

Banvard and the Arctic Re-projector

It was awful luck, she had definitely seen them cast out the cetacean broadcaster

You don’t just spontaneously decide to forge the existence of whales. No, one has to plan these things

Detail: You don’t just spontaneously decide to forge the existence of whales. No, one has to plan these things

Uncovering and dissecting a hoax is hard work but reporters and publishers are very good at that kind of thing

While reading the expose at the whale research station, Barnum realizes the hoax is up