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Wednesday, 8 October 2025

The results of the American whaling in 1839

Number of ships and barks 498

Number of brigs 100

Number of schooners and sloops 78

Aggregate tonnage 169,983

Barrels of sperm oil 150,000

Barrels of whale oil 230,000

Pounds of whale bone not rendered

Value of imports $ 7,544,250.00

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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