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Welcome to the Whalesite pages
on 19th Century Whaling.
Sailing Vessel Identification
The Ship
Whaling Vessels
Bark or Ship.
Schooner.
A Whaleboat.
Manner of transporting whale-boats on the vessels.
Whalecraft
Thomas G. Lytle's Whalecraft pages.
Cutting in the Bowhead and Sperm Whale.
Boat-spade and cutting-spades.
Tools and implements used in cutting-in whales.
Cutting-tackle used in "cutting in" the whale.
Stores
Whales.
Whaling Grounds.
The extent and distribution of the
present and abandoned Whaling Grounds.
Dictionaries & Glossaries
Ashley's Glossary of Whaling Terms
Dana's Dictionary of Sea Terms
Plates from
The Fisheries and Fishery
Industries of the United States
Section V: History and Methods
of the Fisheries.
The whaling plates: 183 to 213.
Last updated by Tom Tyler, Denver, CO, USA, May 18, 2023