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Sunday, 9 November 2025

The results of the American whaling in 1855

Number of ships and barks 584

Number of brigs 20

Number of schooners and sloops 34

Aggregate tonnage 199,842

Barrels of sperm oil 72,649

Barrels of whale oil 184,015

Pounds of whale bone 2,707,500

Value of imports $ 9,391,182.98

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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