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Wednesday, 26 November 2025

The results of the American whaling in 1850

Number of ships and barks 510

Number of brigs 20

Number of schooners and sloops 13

Aggregate tonnage 171,484

Barrels of sperm oil 92,892

Barrels of whale oil 200,608

Pounds of whale bone 2,869,200

Value of imports $ 7,743,880.98

Source

The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America described and illustrated together with an account of the American whale-fishery. Charles M. Scammon. San, Francisco, USA, 1874. 

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