Illustration from: American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge. vol.1, 1834.
Date 1834
Source American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge. vol.1, 1834. Boston: Boston Bewick Co.
Author American Magazine
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1834_WhiteShark_AmericanMagazine_v1_Boston.png

The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), also known as the great white, white pointer, white shark, or white death, is a species of large mackerel shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans.