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Monday, 20 October 2025

The results of the American whaling in 1849

Number of ships and barks 581

Number of brigs 21

Number of schooners and sloops 12

Aggregate tonnage 196,110

Barrels of sperm oil 100,944

Barrels of whale oil 248,492

Pounds of whale bone 2,281,100

Value of imports $ 7,321,160.60

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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