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Sunday, 1 February 2026

The results of the American whaling in 1869

Number of ships and barks 223

Number of brigs 17

Number of schooners and sloops 89

Aggregate tonnage 82,304

Barrels of sperm oil 47,174

Barrels of whale oil 65,575

Pounds of whale bone 900,850

Value of imports $ 5,470,256.61

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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