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Sunday, 4 January 2026

The results of the American whaling in 1866

Number of ships and barks 199

Number of brigs 8

Number of schooners and sloops 56

Aggregate tonnage 71,869

Barrels of sperm oil 36,663

Barrels of whale oil 74,302

Pounds of whale bone 920,375

Value of imports $ 7,037,888.68

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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