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Friday, 14 November 2025

The results of the American whaling in 1851

Number of ships and barks 502

Number of brigs 24

Number of schooners and sloops 27

Aggregate tonnage 171,971

Barrels of sperm oil 99,591

Barrels of whale oil 328,483

Pounds of whale bone 3,966,500

Value of imports $ 10,042,536.94

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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