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Friday, 17 October 2025

The results of the American whaling in 1844

Number of ships and barks 595

Number of brigs 41

Number of schooners and sloops 11

Aggregate tonnage 200,147

Barrels of sperm oil 139,594

Barrels of whale oil 262,047

Pounds of whale bone 2,532,445

Value of imports $ 6,523,384.61

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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