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on 19th Century Whaling.

Identification of Sailing Vessel

Types of Sailing Vessels

The Ship

Spars and Rigging

A Ship's Sails

Frame of a Ship

Whaling Vessels

Deck Plan

Side/Interior Plan

Deck Plan

Side/Interior Plan

A Whaleboat.

Top view of a whaleboat.

Side view of a whaleboat.

Manner of transporting whale-boats on the vessels.

Articles of whale-boat gear.

Whalecraft

Thomas G. Lytle's Whalecraft pages.

Harpoons.

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

Whale-Ship Stores (Scammon)

List of Stores Put on Board - Outfit Book - 1866.

The Medicine Chest.

The Medicine Chest.

Whales.

Outlines of 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

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