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Thursday, 20 November 2025

The results of the American whaling in 1857

Number of ships and barks 593

Number of brigs 22

Number of schooners and sloops 40

Aggregate tonnage 204,209

Barrels of sperm oil 78,440

Barrels of whale oil 230,941

Pounds of whale bone 2,058,900

Value of imports $ 10,491,597.28

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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