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Monday, 10 November 2025

The results of the American whaling in 1856

Number of ships and barks 585

Number of brigs 21

Number of schooners and sloops 29

Aggregate tonnage 199,141

Barrels of sperm oil 80,941

Barrels of whale oil 197,890

Pounds of whale bone 2,592,700

Value of imports $ 10,589,844.74

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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