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Wednesday, 15 October 2025

The results of the American whaling in 1846

Number of ships and barks 678

Number of brigs 35

Number of schooners and sloops 23

Aggregate tonnage 233,189

Barrels of sperm oil 95,127

Barrels of whale oil 207,493

Pounds of whale bone 2,276,339

Value of imports $ 5,553,817.52

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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