The American sealing
ship Governor Hawkins captain Coffin departed Philadelphia, USA in 1818 and
returning back home in 1819 with 4.000 fur seal skins and 350 barrels
sea-elephant oil. Coffin died underway.
Source
The Fisheries and
Fishery Industries of the United States. Section V. Vol II. George Brown Goode,
Washington, 1887.
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