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Wednesday, 10 December 2025

The results of the American whaling in 1858

Number of ships and barks 587

Number of brigs 18

Number of schooners and sloops 49

Aggregate tonnage 203,148

Barrels of sperm oil 81,941

Barrels of whale oil 182,223

Pounds of whale bone 1540,600

Value of imports $ 7,643,997.07

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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