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Tuesday, 14 October 2025

The results of the American whaling in 1843

Number of ships and barks 578

Number of brigs 40

Number of schooners and sloops 9

Aggregate tonnage 198,754

Barrels of sperm oil 166,985

Barrels of whale oil 206,727

Pounds of whale bone 2,000,000

Value of imports $ 6,497,587.64

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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