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Sunday, 11 January 2026

The results of the American whaling in 1859

Number of ships and barks 561

Number of brigs 19

Number of schooners and sloops 45

Aggregate tonnage 195,115

Barrels of sperm oil 91,408

Barrels of whale oil 190,411

Pounds of whale bone 1,923,850

Value of imports $ 8,467,393.41

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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