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Welcome to the Whalesite pages
on 19th Century Whaling.


Sailing Vessel Identification

Types of Sailing Vessels


Masts, Spars, Sails & Rigging of:

Barque/Bark
Brig
Schooner


The Ship

Spars and Rigging

A Ship's Sails

Frame of a Ship


Whaling Vessels

Bark or Ship.

Deck Plan

Side/Interior Plan


Schooner.

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.


Medicine

Whale-Ship Medicine


Whales.

Outlines of Whales


Stores

Whale-Ship Stores


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


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, Nov 3, 2024

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