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Saturday, 3 January 2026

The results of the American whaling in 1862

Number of ships and barks 372

Number of brigs 10

Number of schooners and sloops 41

Aggregate tonnage 125,465

Barrels of sperm oil 55,641

Barrels of whale oil 100,478

Pounds of whale bone 763,500

Value of imports $ 5,001,688.49

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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