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Sunday, 19 October 2025

The results of the American whaling in 1848

Number of ships and barks 621

Number of brigs 22

Number of schooners and sloops 16

Aggregate tonnage 210,663

Barrels of sperm oil 107,976

Barrels of whale oil 280,656

Pounds of whale bone 2,003,600

Value of imports $ 8,905,621.04

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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