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Thursday, 15 January 2026

The results of the American whaling in 1861

Number of ships and barks 459

Number of brigs 14

Number of schooners and sloops 41

Aggregate tonnage 158,746

Barrels of sperm oil 68,932

Barrels of whale oil 133,737

Pounds of whale bone 1,038,450

Value of imports $ 3,233,393.15

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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