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Sunday, 2 November 2025

The results of the American whaling in 1852

Number of ships and barks 558

Number of brigs 27

Number of schooners and sloops 25

Aggregate tonnage 193,990

Barrels of sperm oil 78,872

Barrels of whale oil 84,211

Pounds of whale bone 1,259,900

Value of imports $ 5,720,455.23

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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