Number of whalers yearly fitted out for the Northern whale fishery 65
Total tonnage 4,875 tons
Numbers of whalers yearly fitted out for the Southern whale fishery 85
Total tonnage 10,200 tons
Number of employed seamen 2,025
Number of barrels spermaceti oil yearly taken 26,000
Number of barrels whale oil yearly taken 4,000
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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