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Monday, 5 January 2026

The results of the American whaling in 1870

Number of ships and barks 218

Number of brigs 22

Number of schooners and sloops 81

Aggregate tonnage 80,885

Barrels of sperm oil 55,183

Barrels of whale oil 72,691

Pounds of whale bone 708,335

Value of imports $ 4,497,300.10

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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