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Tuesday, 7 October 2025

The results of the American whaling in 1838

Number of ships and barks 495

Number of brigs 25

Number of schooners and sloops 30

Aggregate tonnage 159,723

Barrels of sperm oil 131,856

Barrels of whale oil 227,016

Pounds of whale bone 1,783,848

Value of imports $ 6,157,037.52

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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