Working sea-elephants at northeast point Herd's Island.
Drawing by H.W. Elliott after captain H.C. Chester
The American sealing brig Belvidere, captain Baxton left Nantucket, USA on 18 May 1815 bound for Patagonia returning home on 6 March 1816 with 840 barrels sea elephant oil.
Source
The Fisheries and
Fishery Industries of the United States. Section V. Vol II. George Brown Goode,
Washington, 1887.
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