-All year round in the North and South Atlantic Ocean.
-Between November-April off the Chilean coast.
-All year round off the Peruvian coast
-In the vicinity of the Gallipagos and King Mill’s Group
-Between April-October off the Japanese coast
-Between September-May off New Zealand and Navigator’s Island
-Between November-March south of Javan and Lombok, Dutch East Indies, good results
-Between June-July off the north-west cape of New Holland [Australia?]
-Between March-May off the Bashee Islands [nowadays Batanes Islands, Philippines], good results. After May dangerous grounds due to typhoons
-Between March-July in the Sooloo Sea [between Philippines and Malaysia to the west of the Serengani/Sarangani Islands [Philippines], good results
-Between March-July off Cape Rivers and Canda close in to the land
-All year round in the Molucca Passage good results, especially January-March
-In the past took British whalers a large number in the Red Sea
-Seldom seen near the Crozets and Desolation islands
-Between October-March off the south coast of New Holland
Source
Rev. Lewis Holmes. The Arctic Whaleman or, Winter in the Arctic Ocean. Boston, 1857, p. 263.
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