Number of whalers yearly fitted out for the Northern whale fishery 183
Total tonnage 13,820 tons
Numbers of whalers yearly fitted out for the Southern whale fishery 121
Total tonnage 14,020 tons
Number of employed seamen 4,509
Number of barrels spermaceti oil yearly taken 39,390
Number of barrels whale oil yearly taken 8,650
Source
John MacGregor. The progress of America from the discovery by Columbus to the year 1846. Vol II. London, 1847, p. 587.
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