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Sunday, 12 October 2025

The results of the American whaling in 1842

Number of ships and barks 542

Number of brigs 43

Number of schooners and sloops 9

Aggregate tonnage 195,833

Barrels of sperm oil 165,637

Barrels of whale oil 161,041

Pounds of whale bone 1,600,000

Value of imports $ 6,829,788.90

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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