One of the most interesting aspects of colonial life, especially in New England, was the whaling industry. Incredibly complex and dangerous, whaling was the lifeblood of the fishing industry in the colonies. Consumers used every part of the whale--from the teeth to the oil from the blubber.
For this week's blog, visit this website watch the first 3 minutes 45 seconds of this video . In the comments section, create a list of the 20 most interesting things you learned about whaling AND discuss whether you would have tried this industry if you had been alive back then.
1 for more than 100 years people have been whaling
ReplyDelete2 Waylene was the most powerful force in the revelation of the country
3. People rigorously fended by the bodies of the whales
4. People have killed over 100 of thousands of Wales
5. American whale oil lit the world
6. The oil lubricated the machines that drove the cargo in the industrial revolution
7. The oil was Made into soap andmore things
8. Something from the whales gave perfume smell
9 they brought back tails with bravery
10for Durrance and survival
11 they record their observations in letters and journals
12. Record their observation of what they faced in whaling
13 enemies prayed for them in wars
14 any man died from violence encounters from Whales
15. They create a legacy dramatic poignant
16 to make Mighty but you must have a mighty theme
17 The epic stories of wailing had an epic theme
18 there is a picture of the excitement of whaling
19 that's how we get the story Moby Dick
20. Painting continued to stir my curiosity
I would have whaled so I would be rich.
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Delete(1) Whale oil was used for making candles
ReplyDelete(2) Baleen from the whale was used to make tools, buggy whips, and women's corsets
(3) Spermaceti - used to make candles
(4) Ambergris- was as precious as gold since it was used in perfume
(5) New Yorkers were the first to whale in the colonies in America
(6) Before Revolutionary War, US had 360 vessels with 15 ports in New England and New York
(7) The Revolutionary War and War of 1812 temporarily stopped whaling
(8) Discovery of petroleum in 1859 - the US didn't want to upgrade their process, so whaling really went way down
(9) During Civil War, the South blocked the North from whaling
(10) The South didn't destroy any ships they caught
(11) High insurance premiums made it hard to whale
(12) Attorneys and lawsuits made it hard to whale
(13) Whaling was very dangerous
(14) They had great stories that they came back to the people they knew and could tell
(15) they were considered to be heroes because whaling was so dangerous
(16) The oceans of the arctic were terribly dangerous because of the pieces of ice - the same that sunk the titanic
(17) The whalers received a lot of money for what they did
(18) The US didn't want to advance their technology in the early 1900's so whaling in the US stopped
(19) Now whales are a protected species and they can't be hunted anymore
(20) Native Americans did not do much whaling
I would do whaling or attempt it because it would have been interesting and I would have had tales to tell to my family and friends.
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1.Eastern woodland people hunted whales long before the Europeans arrived in America.
ReplyDelete2. The Natives hunted small cetaceans and made use of the bodies of whales that washed up on the shore.
3. Many whales were used as food for the Natives.
4. When the Europeans arrived, they hinted whales from on land and the Natives followed this way.
5. Jacques Cartier describe belugas and other types of whales from as early as 1533 in the St. Lawrence River.
6. In 1610, Samuel de Champlain describes Basque whaling in the Sy. Lawrence River.
7. Right whales were the foundation for North America commercial whaling.
8. The earliest record of the settlers attempts to establish community efforts to hunt whales was in March 1644 in South hampton, Long Island.
9. These organizations developed into "shore whaling" operations.
10. The colonies and local natives working together to hunt whales by 1672.
11. New Yorkers established a seasonal whale fishery.
12. Cape Cod Bay also creates a whale fishery store in Wellfleet.
13. The whales were captured by harpooning them with wooden floats connect d to long ropes.
14. There was a decline in whale population around 1720, so people decided to set out on 14. voyages toward deeper water.
15. Commercial whaling in America grew dramatically in economic importance because of hunting for sperm whales.
16. Sperm Whales were hunted because their oil was a superior lubricant and burned brightly and cleanly.
17. When the American Revolution broke out, whaling came to a halt.
18. America was once again free to establish new whaling parts after the Treaty of Ghent.
19. In New Bedford in 1841, 75 whaling ships sailed from the city, making it very wealthy.
20. The American whaling industry declined because of the economics of new Norwegian technology and pursuits for American investment.
I would not have been involved with the whaling industry because it is something that I know I would not like, no matter how much I was paid.
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ReplyDelete1.They did not hunt small cetaceans.
2.they stranded whales that washed up on the shore
3. They did use them as food.
4. Europeans hunted them.
5. After Europeans start e hunting them, then native Americans started hunting them
6. They became members in the first colonial shore whaling operations
7. They also became members of the ocean.
8. As early as 1535 Jacques Cartier started recording whaling adventures
9. In 1620 William Bradford and Edward Winslow recorded information.
10. They were both fathers of the pilgrims.
11. They said Cape cod was a great place to fish.
12. They found the best kind of oil and bone.
13. Baleen is what whales have growing in the tops of their mouths
14. Whales don't have teeth
15. The first attempts of whaling were in Long Island.
16. It was in 1644.
17. Over the next 30 years this organization developed into actual shore whaling operations.
18. This was when small boats were launched into surf when a whale was spotted.
19. By 1672 the native Americans and Europeans were working together to hunt whales.
20. They hunted whales on the coast of small sailing vessels.
No I would not have. Because the ocean is dirty, and whales are to big. Also because the ocean doesn't not smell very good.
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DeletePeople used whales to make oil.
ReplyDeletePeople made leather out of whales.
People made soap out of whales.
People used whale oil to run industrial machines.
People also made paint of whales.
They Made corsets out of whale too.
They even made candles Out of whales.
They made perfume out of sperm whales.
The golden age of whaling was in the 1800s.
Most whales wanted were sperm whales.
Sperm whales made the best lubricate.
Whaling was considered a admiral job until the end of the 20th century.
American whaling had to stop when the American Revolution started.
Whaling began to grow after the war of 1812.
They used harpoons to kill whales.
The line of a harpoon was turned around a small post called a loggerhead.
Whales can swim up to 20 miles per hour.
Some whales way more than 50 tons.
The head of a sperm whale was very valuable.
Some people pursued whales in the Pacific Ocean.
I would probably hunt whales.
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people used whales to make paint
ReplyDelete2. also made oil
3. they didnt hunt small ocean animals
4. they made corsets out if whales
5. Europeans hunted whales
6. After the Europeans hunted the whales native decided hunt whales
7. They used them as food
8. They stranded the whales on shore
9. Whales don't have teeth
10. Long Island was were the first attempt of whaling was
11. William Bradford and Edward Winslow wrote information
12. Made candles of whales
13. Made perfume out of sperm whale
14. Whaling has to stop when the American revolution began
15. Whaling begin to grow after the war of 1812
16. Whales can weigh up to 50 tons
17. They would brin tails back to their families
18. People have killed 100s of whales
19. More than 100 years people have been whaling
20. Whaling was a difficult task
I would not want to whale because of the fact of I'm killing the whales.
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Delete1.Eastern woodland native peoples either developed whaling cultures or systematically hunted great whales before Europeans arrived in the Americas.
ReplyDelete2.They hunted small cetaceans and utilized the carcasses of “drift” and stranded whales that washed up on shore.
3.Native use of these as food resources is documented.
4.European colonists regularly hunted great whales sighted from shore.
5.Native Americans became actively engaged in the hunt.
6.Native Americans became integral members of the first colonial shore-whaling operations, as well as the ocean (pelagic) whaling ventures of later decades.
7.Amos Haskins, Wampanoag Indian sailed on six whaling voyages between 1839-1861.
8.Amos Haskins was lost at sea.
9., in 1851, he was appointed master of the bark Massasoit.
10.In 1535 Jacques Cartier founded belugas and other great whales in the St. Lawrence River.
11.They used the whales for their bones and their oil.
12.The first record of the colonists’ attempts to organize community efforts to hunt drift whales was in Southampton, Long Island, in March of 1644.
13.As the seasons of the 1720’s saw a noticeable decline in whales off the coasts of Cape Cod and Nantucket, the whalers began to outfit single-masted sailing vessels called sloops to pursue the animals into deeper water.
14.With the advent of the systematic hunting of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) that began from Nantucket after 1712.
15. Sperm whales were hunted for two reasons.
16. The first one, is that sperm whale oil burned cleanly and brightly and was a superior lubricant.
17.Secondly, the spermaceti found in the head of the sperm whale was used to manufacture the finest grade of candles.
18. It seemed to be a very difficult task.
19.Two-masted schooners and small square-rigged brigs gradually replaced the single-masted sloops.
20.In 1774, two years before the start of American Revolution, the colonial fleet numbered 360 vessels hailing from 15 New England and New York ports.
I probably would but it would depend on how desperatly I needed supplies
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ReplyDelete1. United States has the most complex and interesting whaling background.
2. Whaling was a powerful force in the evolution of the country.
3. The whales that were captured were made into products and sold to make big fortune.
4. While whaling many people died, not to mention some of their boats were completely destroyed.
5. The whales oils lit the world.
6. Their oils were used in soap making.
7. The oils were also made in the making of paint, and even leather.
8. It also lubricated the tools.
9. They also used it to lubricate the machines that drove the industrial revolution.
10. The Baline from the roof of the whales mouth was a big part in women's fashion.
11. Spermicide from the heads of sperm whales made the cleanest candles ever.
12. The stories of brave whalers were well known.
13. The came back from all around the world with stories of bravery and survival.
14. They recorded nearly everything in journals and letters.
15. Enemies attacked the whalers in times of war.
16. Sometimes miscalculations were made which ended with terrible deaths.
17. The whalers used wooden boats.
18. Whaling is one of the most amazing legacies in American history.
19. Whalers died because of dangerous whales and several other causes.
20. The families of whalers never knew if they would be coming back home.
I would have gone whaling because it could save a for help my family.
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1. People made oil
ReplyDelete2. Made paint
3. They were called whalers
4. They didn't hunt small animals
5.europeans hinted whales
6. They used them as food
7.they stranded them on shore
8. Whales don't have teeth
9. They recorded almost everything in journals
10. The Europeans used wooden boats
11. The families of whalers never knew if they would come home
12. This was a very dangerous job
13. Whales are huge
14. So they could kill people if they wanted to
15. The family's where very uncertain about the men's were abouts
16. Whaling is important to American history
17. Whales sperm made candles
18. The oils lubricated tools
19. Whalers died because of dangerous whales
20. I would not do this job because you have to kill and animal
1. Injuries and deaths were common on almost every single whaling trip.
ReplyDelete2. Not many people became rich because of whaling, but if they did they were either agents or owners.
3. The people that killed whales were typically trying to get whale oil, teeth, or ambergris, if any was found.
4. Baleen, which is the whale's "teeth", was used for things that we would typically use steel or plastic for.
5. The owners or agents usually got between 60-70% of the profit, which leaves only a small percentage for the captain and crew.
6. The sailors rowed facing the back of the boat, so they couldn't see where they were going.
7. While they were trying to get to their destination, they were often extremely bored.
8. Once they killed the whale, they had to tow it back to their original destination.
9. Whales typically weight around 50 tons.
10. Occasionally, the whale boat would be overturned by the whale or a storm.
11. After the whale was dead, they had to process it.
12. Processing it was nearly as dangerous as hunting it.
13. After the cleanup was over, the crew waited for the next whale.
14. The longest whaling trip is believed to be about 11 years long.
15. There were around 16-36 men on the whaling ship.
16. Many Americans went whaling to make money.
17. The products of whales made America lots of money.
18. Soap, leather, and textiles were made with whale products.
19. Whale's teeth made corsets and hoop skirts for women.
20. Whale products also made the cleanest candle.
I wouldn't have gone whaling because it is very dangerous and you wouldn't be able to make a living off of it unless you were a captain. If I did want to be involved in the whaling industry, I would probably be an owner or agent. That way I could stay in America, which is safer than in the ocean.
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ReplyDelete1. Whaling was a powerful use in the evolution of the country
ReplyDelete2. tens of thousands of men would killed hundreds of thousands of whales
3. used whales as food
4. used whales to make paint
5 Europeans had hunted whales
6 People would leave whales stranded on shore
7 whales used to make oil
8 did not hunt small ocean animals
9 who do not have teeth
10 first attempt at whaling was in 1644
11 New Yorkers were the first to whale in America
12 oil was made into soap
13 some whales way up to about 50 tons
14 whales can swim 20 MPH
15 whaling was not easy
16 people having been whaling for a long time
17 made candles out of whales
18 sperm whales gave perfume a great smell
19 many men died from violent encounter from whales
20 heads of sperm whales produced the brightest candles
I would probably do whaling because it seems like a great interest
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1. 90 species of whales were in the order Cetaceans
ReplyDelete2. Yankee whalers traveled looking for their quarry.
3. Ships and barks took voyages of 2-4 years of many different whales.
4. New Bedford was the biggest whaling port.
5. 130,625 tons, to 64 percent of the whaling tonnage and 59 percent of what they caught.
6. 9,700 whale fisherman within that year.
7. People would use the profits from whaling to burn spermaceti candles for occasions.
8. Many other jobs connected to the whaling industry.
9. 55 percent of the population that were Portuguese were in the whaling industry.
10. Customary to hunt whales around Cape Verdes
11. After 1800, English men whalers traveled from pacific to Indian oceans.
12. The influence of the Portuguese fisherman/ whalers made hard workers and more crew members.
13. 60 percent of whaling crews.
14. Portuguese captains and crew were superior in the industry.
15. American whaling ended in the 1920s.
16. William Whitefield, whaling captain, created a nation relationship.
17. Survived over 150 years.
18. In 1712 Christopher Hussey found sperm whales, thus the whaling industry began.
19. Moby Dick was a large topic in schools.
20. New Bedford was the largest whaling museum.
I probably wouldn't have been in the whaling industry. Doesn't really appeal to me. I would rather be with my family than hurt whales. Plus, do you know how bad you would smell after doing that? Pretty bad, if i say so myself.
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ReplyDelete-Native American whaling began through the early settlers performing shore whaling,and also on to the rise and fall of the Yankee whaling fleets
-The Yankee whalers traveled the world in search of their quarry
-There is little evidence that shows that the early Native American settlers hunted whales before the Europeans came to America
-As european colonists began hunting whales the natives joined them
-They became actively engaged in the hunt
-They became integral members of the first colonial shore-whaling operations
-The first record of the colonists’ attempts to organize community efforts to hunt drift whales was in Southampton, Long Island, in March of 1644
-This organization developed into actual shore-whaling operations
-Small boats were launched into the surf when whales were sighted offshore
-By 1672 the colonists and their Native American neighbors were working together to hunt whales along the coast
-Whales were captured using harpoons with wooden floats attached to long ropes
-They would make the captured whales drag the floats around
-After the whales were exhausted they would be killed with long lances and towed to shore
-Their blubber would be removed and boiled down into oil
-They would do this in large iron vats called try-pots
-The baleen was also removed but the carcasses were left to rot
-The systematic hunting of sperm whales that began from -Nantucket American commercial whaling grew dramatically in its economic importance
-The colonists hunted the sperm whales for two main reasons
-Sperm whale oil burned cleanly and brightly and was a superior lubricant
-Spermaceti found in the head of the sperm whale was used to manufacture the finest grade of candles. It was literally worth it's weight in gold
I probably would not have tried this because it is cruel and this is why a lot of animals go excited.
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It was used as food for Natives
ReplyDeleteArctic was very dangerous
It was dangerous
Some considered heroes for doing it
They used the oil to make candles
Lawsuits made it very hard too
They got paid a good amount of money
Attorneys made it difficult
War of 1812 made it stop for a while
The revolutionary war made it stop a while
South made it hard for the north to whale
Over 100 years
The U.S technology advanced
New York made a whale fishery
Cape Cod did the same too
First attempt in Long Island
Whaling was hard
They can swim fast
It's illegal now
It's really gross. I would not do it. Too much work (118)
1. Men have been whaling for over 100 years.
ReplyDelete2. Many injuries were caused because of whaling
3. The would strip off oil from the whales, and this would help with candles
4. Whaling was very dangerous because there were chunks of ice, that could make the boats sink
5. America was once again free to establish new whaling parts after the Treaty of Ghent.
6. Whales can swim up to 20 miles per hour
7. They could make coursets out of whales, which I actually think is disturbing
8. The Americans had to stop whaling because of the American Revolution
9. Whales don't actually have teeth
10. Harpoons were used to kill whales
11. There were many stories about whalers, and they were well known for it
12. After Erupoeans started hunting whales, the natives started to hunt whales also
13. The families of the whalers were never sure if they would see the member of that family again
14. The speed whales were the most wanted whales
15. You could make soap out of whales
16. There was a decline in whale population around 1720, so people decided to set out on 14 voyages toward deeper water.
17. The families of the whalers were never sure about their share abouts
18. The Pacific Ocean was one way of finding the whales
19. The longest whaling trip was around 11 years long
20. Certain whales can weigh more than 50 tons
I would not go whaling. You have to kill it first off, and second off do it without getting hurt.
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1. For more than 1,000 years men have been pursuing the Leviathans of the deep.
ReplyDelete2. The revelation of the country revolved around whaling
3. Whale oil was used to light the world
4. Whale bodies made much profit for people
5. The whales could be made into paints
6. Many soaps came from whales
7. Tools from whale parts help the industrial revolution
8. The Bayleen cut from whales boosted feminin fashion
9. Waxy parts of the whales made the cleanest burning candles
10. Substance in the whales bowls made perfume
11. Whalers were world renound
12. The sailers recorded their travels in journals
13. The sailers had to face hardships like the cold, and pirates.
14. Many rivals envied them in times of peace
15. Many whalers dies from violent encounters with whales
16. There are libraries about whaling
17. Natives only ate whales that washed up ashore
18. Cape Cod Bay was a good place to get whales
19. Whaling started nearshore at first, then moved to deep sea.
20. Whaling became disastrous during the American Revolution. 181
For thousands of years people have been killing whales
ReplyDeleteOut of all of the countries that have been doing this America has been the most fascinating
They have done this ever since the pilgrims arrived to the late 1920s
They created a big profit of of them from making them into products
The whale juice made soap, textiles, leather and other things
A lot of people hunted whales
It lubricated tools and machines
They gave form to hoop skirts
Also used in the making of woman's corsets
The juice in the whales head was used to make the finest candles
Anberguse was made in to nice smelling perfumes
They sailed the ocean looking for whales
Sometimes whales would eat their boats
Many died from the whales
Others died form miss calculations
They wrote a book about it
The book was inspired by a picture
There were libraries dedicated to it
They had to survive on the boats
They went through bordum, work, bad seas, Pirates, and the cold
I would not do this because why would you want to kill these animals. They never hurt you.
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ReplyDelete90 different species of Whales / Dolphins
Liked to hunt sperm whale BC it was useful to the people to make candles and burn the whale oil / blubber
Developed the try works so they could work longer at sea
Hunting drift Wales 1st attempt in Long Island in March 1644 . Colonist
The colonist and natives worked together to hunt whales
Whaling stopped when the war started ( American. Revolutionary
The embargo. Act slowed down the American whaling indistrury , Thomas Jefferson .
They would use small boats to get close enough for the kill and then they take the big crane on the ship and bring wale up to ship - whale boat 🐳
Had a crew of 6
And 2-3 harpoons
Had blades to finish
the whale off and take it out of its misery
Hatched and. Knifes were ready in case of emergency
they had a wooden keg for drinking water
They had a piggin asmall bucket for bailing water out of the boat in case the whale splash it in to the boat when they were trying to kill it so that they would not drowned
They had a compass
A Waze a long old flag used to locate floating carcass from a distance on will ships
A dragon float which makes it harder for the way I want to swim so that they can kill it faster
There where different wail ships
Types of ships Barks Briggs and schoomers
Spar: A general term for a strong pole used in the rig of a ship. Depending on its position and use, a spar may be called a boom, gaff, mast, yard, etc.
The language and terminology is a lot different from what we say
I would not be a whaler because … it is gross , mean , rude , and not part of the " circle of life "
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1.Not many Natives Whaled
ReplyDelete2. Natives who did whale mostly hunted for whales washed up on the beach
3. Jacques Carter found whales in the St Lawrence River around 1533
4. Pilgrims found whales in Cape Cod when they landed there in 1620
5. The first recorded organized hunt for whales in America was in Southhampton, Long Island in the year 1644
6. Natives and Colonists began working together to whale in 1672
7. The first whalers in America used lances to kill whales
8. To whale in deeper waters, people would use boats called sloops
9. Blubber was boiled once it was drained from the whale
10. The Revolutionary War almost killed the whaling industry
11. Whaling ports really began to grow after the war of 1812
12. One of the largest ports was New Bedford
13. Ships usually carried 30-35 men for whaling
14. Ships also held 3-5 whaleboats
15. Because of whaling, New Bedford became one of America's richest cities
16. The market for baleen exploded around the time of the Civil War
17. Many whalers were destroyed during the Civil War
18. The discovery of Petroleum in Pennsylvania hurt the whaling industry
19. Another reason for the decline of whaling was the fact that there weren't many whales left in the area whaling was mainly conducted
20. The main reason for whaling declining however, was the advancement of Norwegian technology advancing
If I lived in this time period, I definitely would have taken a part in this industry, because it seems very interesting. Also who wouldn't want to spear something? :p
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ReplyDelete1. Early settlers did shore whaling.
2. Yankee whalers would travel to find these whales.
3. There is little recorded evidence of whaling done by the eastern woodland people.
4. They killed whales strangled on the shore.
5. They also only for what we know they used them for food.
6. Amos Haskins, Wampanoag sailed on six whaling voyages and also quickly rose through the ranks.
7. The natives started to hunt them after Europeans did.
8. European explorers wrote descriptions of wales.
9. Belugas and some other great whales where described by Jacques Cartier.
10. Samuel de Champlain wrote about Basque whaling.
11. The fathers of the pilgrims wrote that cape cod was a great whaling place.
12. The Eubalerna glacialis served as a foundation for American commercial whaling.
13. Balen was used to make a lot of products.
14. The first recorded effort to hunt drift Wells was in Long Island.
15. In 1672 the natives in colonist were together hunting whales in small sailing vessels.
16. They melted down the blubber in tri-pots to make oil.
17. Deep-sea voyages started in 1720 in cape cod.
18. They stored the wrong blubber in barrels during long voyages.
19. Sperm whales were useful for two purposes one of which is the fact that their oil was better.
20. They finally started to boil the blower on deck and store them in barrels below deck.
I would not unless I could find easier work because it sounds like a lot of trouble for oil. (Word count 255)
1.Some Native cultures were involved in whaling.
ReplyDelete2.Whaling was a dangerous job.
3.One whaling trip could last for years.
4.Recorded whaling in America was happening as early as 1535.
5.In 1672,colonists were working with natives in whaling.
6.Whaling declined during the Revolutionary War.
7.The longest whaling trip recorded lasted 11 years.
8.Pay was little even though they worked so long.
9.Whaling ships were like isolated societies.
10.They length of the trip depended on what kind of ship you were on.
11.Whale products were used in paint.
12.The whaling industry lasted from pilgrims to the early 20th century.
13.Whalers had to put up with many hardships on their voyages.
14.Whaling played an important role in American history.
15.Whaling's golden age was in the mid 1800's.
16.Whales had many different useful resources.
17.The Sperm Whale was hunted for a specific kind of oil.
18.Deaths were very common during whaling trips.
19.Many whaling ships were lost on voyages.
20.American whaling went into decline because of economics.
I wouldn't be able to take part in whaling,I don't have the stomach for it. (180 words)
1. Whaling was a great industry that tremendously benefited the country’s economy.
ReplyDelete2. The oil from whale was used for many things, like paints, textiles, soap, leathers, and varnishes.
3. A part from a whale’s mouth contributed greatly to feminine fashion; this part was also used to create corsets.
4. The oil from heads’ of sperm whales creates some of the finest candles.
5. A bi-product created from the irritation in the bowels of whales was a very fine perfume and was also very expensive.
6. Whaling was a very grueling process. Whaling was the cause of many deaths and other tragic incidents.
7. Whalers had to endure much pain and suffering throughout their journey.
8. Many people were competing to get whales, which resulted in much chaos in trying to kill whales.
9. “To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.” –Herman Melvil. He wrote a book based on his encounters with whaling.
10. There are libraries devoted to whaling.
11. Oil from sperm whale blubber was great for machinery. It produced no smoke or odor.
12. Ambergris is the wax-like substance found in the intestines of Sperm Whales. It sold generally around $40 an ounce.
13. Whales can be spotted up to eight miles away.
14. The whales were killed with harpoons.
15. While a whale was violently jerking in pain, in could potentially damage or sink a ship.
16. The cutting of a whale could take up to a few days.
17. The head of a sperm whale was VERY valuable. It provided much oil that was precious.
18. Cleaning up after processing a whale was quite a task; Whales have a lot of blood, and there is much of it scattered throughout the deck.
19. The crew on whaling ships ranged from 16 to 36 usually.
20. The captain was paid about 12.5% of profits, and the crew were paid very little; sometimes as little as 1/350 of the profits.
If I were alive back when whaling was popular, I probably would not have tried it out. For one, it is a very disgusting job. There would always be blood everywhere and extracting oils from various organs just seems like a grueling thought. It would also be very risky. I would prefer to have my life than a shot at making a good profit at whaling. If I were alive back then, I would probably invest in a more valuable industry instead of trying out whaling.
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This weeks blog is about the whaling industry in colonial America. Whaling was one of the most interesting aspects of colonial life. It was very complex dangerous and a center part of fishermen's lives. In March of 1644, the first colonial whaling was recorded. The organization of whaling developed over the thirty years. People would launch small boats into the water were a whale was spotted and hunt it. They continued hunting whales with their Native American neighbors. Whaling on the coast was very dangerous because you got a lot closer to the whale then you should have to hunt it. A very whale abundant place was Cape Cod Bay. It was loaded with New York whalers and whales themselves. The whales were hunted by using harpoons with wooden floats attached to long ropes. Once the whales were exhausted by pulling the boats around, they would be towed to the shore. They would then be killed with long lances on the shore. The whales blubber was removed and boiled down to oil used for lamps. Their baleen was also removed and their carcasses were left to rot.
ReplyDeleteI would like to go whaling becuase it would be a fun adventure!
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ReplyDeleteFor thousands of years people have been killing whales
Out of all of the countries that have been doing this America has been the most fascinating
They have done this ever since the pilgrims arrived to the late 1920s
They created a big profit of of them from making them into products
The whale juice made soap, textiles, leather and other things
A lot of people hunted whales
It lubricated tools and machines
They gave form to hoop skirts
Also used in the making of woman's corsets
The juice in the whales head was used to make the finest candles
Anberguse was made in to nice smelling perfumes
They sailed the ocean looking for whales
Sometimes whales would eat their boats
Many died from the whales
Others died form miss calculations
They wrote a book about it
The book was inspired by a picture
There were libraries dedicated to it
They had to survive on the boats
They went through bordum, work, bad seas, Pirates, and the cold
I would not do this because why would you want to kill these animals. They never hurt you.
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1. Whaling was a helpful industry.
ReplyDelete2. There are even some places or libraries devoted to whaling.
3. The sperm whale was hunted for specific types of oil, but was also a very important need.
4. Lots of natives were involved in hunting whales.
5. Lots of these early settlers would do something called shore whaling.
6. Whale oil was often used for the making of candles.
7. Candles were very beneficial to people.
8. The united states has some of the best history of whaling.
9. This seemed to really become big because of the Pilgrims.
10. Whales were used for soap.
11. They were often used to get leather.
12. The whale oil is what really helped the country.
13. They used the oil for paints.
14. They used things from whales to make clothing more fashionable for women.
15. They would use the whales for perfume also.
16. They often recorded their observations.
17. Whales could be spotted up to 8 miles away and maybe further.
18. These people survived boredom.
19. also they went through back breaking work.
20. There was unimaginable cold.
No, I honestly do not see an interest in going through all of that for things Whales can give you, when you are simply or have been simply living without them.
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1. There are 90 species of whales
ReplyDelete2. The captain slept in a stateroom and enjoyed a cabin with a sofa and chairs in the stern (rear) of the ship. He ate the best meals on shipboard. Ducks, pigs, and chickens were often carried in crates to provide meat for his table
3. The mates had smaller cabins in the stern and ate meals with the captain in the main cabin.
4. The boatsteerers and the more skilled members of the crew, such as the blacksmith and cooper, had bunks in the steerage – an irregular-shaped compartment in the middle of the ship (midship).
5. An ordinary crewmen slept in the forecastle, a narrow triangular-shaped room under the deck in the bow (front) of the ship, in narrow bunks that lined the walls.
6. An ordinary crewman might earn only $25.00 for several years work.
7. The first record of the colonists’ attempts to organize community efforts to hunt drift whales was in Southampton, Long Island, in March of 1644.
8. 1672- the colonists and their Native American neighbors were working together to hunt whales along the coast from small sailing vessels.
9. When they were bored they would puff on pipes, talk, read, mend clothes and sometimes brake into high-spirited singing and dancing.
10. In 1849, whaling master Thomas Welcome Roys of Sag Harbor, New York, sailed the ship Superior through the Bering Straits and into the Western Arctic
11. Beginning in the 1860s the American whaling industry suffered a gradual decline. Decade by decade, the value of whale oil dwindled, fewer ships were sent to sea, fewer men signed on, fewer fortunes were made, and fewer livelihoods depended on American whaling prowess
12. Loss of life, loss of cargoes, and depletion of the whaling fleet in individual shipwrecks in the Arctic ice, and the cataclysmic loss of 45 ships and barks in disasters off Alaska in 1871 and 1876, effectively dampened enthusiasm for bowhead whaling.
13. The real reason for the decline of the American whaling industry was the economics of the new Norwegian technology versus other, more advantageous pursuits for American investment. The "modern" Norwegian whalers were efficiently able to harvest not only all of the species that had been hunted for centuries, but also blue whales and finbacks
14. The fact they used whales to make hoops on a lady’s skirt.
15. The fact that they used whales to make a girls stomach look tighter.
16. Whale oil burned very brightly
17. Floating factory
The Yankee whaler was a highly evolved vessel that incorporated a variety of technological details that served to distinguish it from any other type of craft. It was designed to carry a large crew of men (up to 35 individuals) who would process and store materials obtained in the hunt over a period of years
All these terms
18. Avast!: Stop that!
19. Boom: A sturdy pole, attached to the foot (bottom) of a fore-and-aft sail (see below), used for spreading and maneuvering the sail.
20. Bow: (Pronounced as in "take a bow") The front end of a boat or ship.
21. Braces: Ropes to move the yards in a horizontal plane.
22. Yards: Horizontal poles which cross the mast and support the sails on a square-rigged vessel. The ends are known as "yardarms."
I like daring and adventuress stuff but I probably wouldn’t do it because of the risk. It’s not like they had big boats or anything. I mean if God called me to do that then I would but if not then I would more likely not.
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natives did hunt small cetaceans and utilized the carcasses of “drift” and stranded whales that washed up on shore.
ReplyDeleteas european colonists began to regularly hunt great whales sighted from shore, native americans joined them and became actively engaged in the hunt.
as early as 1535, jacques cartier described belugas and other great whales in the st. lawrence river.
over the next 30 years this organization developed into actual shore-whaling operations, where small boats were launched into the surf when whales were sighted offshore.
whales were captured using harpoons with wooden floats attached to long ropes. a
after the animals were exhausted from dragging the floats, they would be killed with long lances and towed to shore.
the loss of foreign markets once again impeded the american whaling industry. the act was repealed in 1809, but three years later the war of 1812 with england again shut down american.
in 1841 alone, 75 whaling ships sailed out of new bedford and the city was fast becoming one of the wealthiest in the nation.
the new bedford fleet reached its peak in 1857, when 329 vessels valued at more than $12 million employed more than 10,000 men.
whaling ports lost millions of dollars in these disasters and as ships were lost owners could seldom afford to replace them, as the markets for whale products continued to decline.
at a time when whaling merchants were hard pressed to make any kind of profit with these derelict vessels, they were offered a great deal: sell them outright.
loss of life, loss of cargoes, and depletion of the whaling fleet in individual shipwrecks in the arctic ice, and the cataclysmic loss of 45 ships and barks in disasters off alaska in 1871 and 1876, effectively dampened enthusiasm for bowhead whaling.
the new whaling technology passed america by, as american interests, american expectations, and american capital turned to more promising ventures–in manufacturing, railroads, mining, agriculture, and exploitation of western lands.
whaling was a powerful force in the evolution of the country.
thousands of ships killed hundreds of thousands of whales.
american whale oil lit the world.
the substance of sperm whales heads made candles.
the byproduct of irritation in a sperm whales bowel, gave perfume.
the people who killed these whales were very heroic.
the people who killed the whales had journals that they kept their discoveries in.
i definitely would NOT have done all that killing because i would 1. feel bad and 2. i am not tat brave to go out for a long period of time and try to kill something bigger than i am. that just doesnt seem smart to me. i have great respect for those who would risk it all to help others, but thats just not me.
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im not that brave*
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