HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN WHALE FISHERY. 



sailing from American ports — Coutimied. 



485 



"Whaliug 

 ground. 



North Pacific. 



Pacific Ocean . 

 North Pacific. 



Pacific Ocean 

 ....do 



Atlantic 



North Pacific. 

 Atlantic 



Atlantic 



....do 



Atl. and Indian 



...do 



Pacific Ocean . . 



Atlantic 



....do 



...do 



North Pacific. 



Atlantic 



Pacific Ocean . . 



Atlantic 



....do 



. -do 



North Pacific. 



Atlantic 



North Pacific. 



Atlantic 



Pacific Ocean . 



..do 



North Pacific. . 



Pacific Ocean 



North Pacific. 

 ....do 



Pacific Ocean . 

 North Pacific. 



..-.do 



Pacific Ocean . 

 ....do 



Date— 



Nov. 18 



Feb. 19 

 Jnly 15 



Dec. 3 

 June 19 



Juno 2 



Nov. 5 

 June 30 



Jan. 8 

 May 9 

 Dec. 4 

 July 28 

 Dec. 21 



Dec. 11 

 Jan. 2 

 Nov. 11 

 Sept. 11 



May 12 

 Oct. 15 



Dec. 10 



Oct. 23 

 Apr. 19 

 Nov. 1 



June 21 

 July 16 



June 28 



June 11 

 Sept. 8 

 Oct. 1 



June 10 



Oct. 28 

 July 23 



Nov. 1 

 Sept. 6 

 Sept. 20 

 July 13 

 July 6 



Apr. 14, 1855 



May 18, 1854 

 Apr. 3, 1854 



Aug. 19, 1855 

 May 5, 1855 



Sept. 24, 1853 

 May 9,1853 



June 3, 1853 

 Mar. 14, 1853 

 Mar. 17, 1854 

 Nov. 8, 1853 



Sept. 20, 1854 

 Sept. 22, 1851 

 Sept. 19, 1851 

 Apr. 27, 1855 



Sept. 29, 1853 

 Apr. 26, 1855 



Apr. 21, 1852 

 Sept. 15, 1852 

 Aug. 21, 1854 



Sept. 5,1853 

 Apr. 22, 1855 



May 20, 1853 



Mar. 5,1855 

 Apr. 16, 1853 

 May 1, 18.54 



Jan. 24, 1855 



June 27, 18.55 

 July 27, 1854 



May 31, 1855 

 Apr. 9, 1855 

 Mar. 12, 1853 

 July 20, 1854 

 May 31, 1855 



Result of voyage. 



Bbls. 



715 

 96 



33-: 

 53 



561 

 270 

 351 



836 



431 



380 

 405 



403 

 1,082 



31 

 325 



280 



536 



4ti 



10! 



lOU 



llJ 



1,794 

 351 



81(1 



15 



27(' 



492 



1,75 



Bbls 

 2,360 



865 

 2,41 



1,056 



275 

 1,595 



Lbs 



28, 000 



1, 



11, 000 



15, 000 



25, 80li 



309 

 1,091 



20 

 1, 21- 



1, 900 



15,000 



2, 25-3 28, 00( 

 2, 000 30, 00( 

 1,853 



1,597 



IC, 121 



23 

 1,559 

 2,585 

 1,263 



8,300 

 15, 700 

 40, 300 



Kemarts. 



Built at Mattapoisett 1851; first mate, Mr. 

 Baker, and three men drowned in Ochotsk 



Sea September, 1852; mate, Isaac 



Briggs, died August, 1853; sent home 

 1,400 whale and some bone. 



Sent home 266 sperm and 44,298 bone. 



Sent home 522 sperm, 3,088 whale, and 30,000 

 pounds bone. 



Sent home 194 sperm ; added 1851. 



Captain Parker came home sick 1853 ; sent 

 home 104 sperm, 900 whale, and 15,946 

 bone; added 1851 ; formerly of Nantucket. 



Built at Dartmouth 1851 ; sent home 433 



sperm and 6,700 pound.3 bone. 

 Bought from New Bedford 1851, 

 L/Ost on coast of Brazil Febiuary 10,1853; 



.saved 150 barrels sperm ; sent home 50 



whale. 



Built 1851. 



Sent home 231 sperm ; condemned at Paita 



October 5, 185.5. 

 Sent home 72 sperm. 



Sent home 1,000 whale, 17,400 bone; sailed 

 under Captain Wickerson, who camo 

 homesick 1851 ; sold to New Bedford 1850. 



Added 1851. 



Sent home 412 sperm ; built at Mattapoisett 

 1851. 



Sold to New Bedford 1853; returned under 



that port. 

 CoudeiiJiied 1855. 

 Bought from Boston 1851. 

 Captain Dexter killed by a whale January 



1, 1854. Sent home 16,404 boue. 

 Built 1851. Second mate died 1851. 

 Captain Smalley died .1 ainutry 2, 1852. Sent 



home 1,388 whale, 18,500 bone. 

 Formerly a packet between New Bedford 



and the South ; added 1851. 



Sent home 180 sperm, 500 whale, 16,000 bone. 

 Added 1851 ; sent home 15,400 hone. 



Captain Coggeshall left th'> ship sick, and 

 died at home, November-, 1854. 



Sent home 17,236 bone; bought from New 

 Bedford. Captain Mosher took 900 bar- 

 rels of oil, went to Sydney and sold it. 

 Capt. E. E. Austin was sent to bring the 

 ship home. 



Sent home 400 sperm, 800w)iale, 15,000 bone. 



Sold to New Bedford. 



