Early whalers, sperm whales - page 1
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Pictures from the early days of commercial whaling, the species hunted and how they were processed. Click the image for a larger version, click the text to go to an information page.

Greenland Fishery

New Bedford, Massachusetts, whaling vessels

Deck of a whaler showing try-works

The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus

The Nantucket Sleigh Ride

Lancing a whale

The whales revenge and firing a bomb lance

Sperm whale biting

A ten mile steady pull to windward

The vast flukes of the whale shore off the bow of the attacking boat

Shore processing of spermaceti

Whaling schooner Amelia, of New Bedford, Massachusetts

Whaling schooner deckplan

Outboard flensing

Bringing the case aboard

Right whale bringing the head and whalebone aboard

Bailing the case, sperm whale

Whaling guns and bomb lances

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