Number of whalers yearly fitted out for the Northern whale fishery 15
Total tonnage 1,300 tons
Numbers of whalers yearly fitted out for the Southern whale fishery 5
Total tonnage 700 tons
Number of employed seamen 260
Number of barrels spermaceti oil yearly taken 1,800
Number of barrels whale oil yearly taken 600
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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