Translate

Saturday, 11 October 2025

The results of the American whaling in 1841

Number of ships and barks 535

Number of brigs 41

Number of schooners and sloops 9

Aggregate tonnage 191,767

Barrels of sperm oil 159,304

Barrels of whale oil 207,348

Pounds of whale bone 2,000,000

Value of imports $ 7,684,087.70

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. 

No comments:

Post a Comment