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Whaling in the United States

Whaling in the United States

Commercial hunting of whales in the United States.

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    Waxy liquid obtained from sperm whales.

    14%

  2. New Bedford, Massachusetts

    City in Massachusetts, United States.

    8.9%

  3. Baleen

    Keratin structure in whales, used for flexible stiffening.

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  4. Whale oil

    Oil obtained from the blubber of whales.

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  5. History of whaling

    6.2%

  6. Whaling disaster of 1871

    Trapped whaling ships that were abandoned.

    5.5%

  7. Whaler

    Specialized ship designed for whaling.

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  8. Right whale

    Three species of large baleen whales of the genus Eubalaena.

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  9. Subsistence hunting of the bowhead whale

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  10. Herman Melville

    American writer (1819–1891).

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  1. Whaling

    Hunting of whales.

    28%

  2. History of whaling

    24%

  3. Nantucket

    Consolidated town and county in Massachusetts, United States.

    15%

  4. Hetty Green

    American financier (1834–1916).

    6.5%

  5. Bequia

    Island in the Grenadines.

    6.1%

  6. Aboriginal whaling

    Hunting of whales by indigenous people.

    5.1%

  7. Kerosene

    Combustible hydrocarbon liquid.

    3.6%

  8. Paul Cuffe

    American businessman (1759–1817).

    2.9%

  9. Nantucket sleighride

    Dragging of a whaleboat by a harpooned whale while whaling.

    2.5%

  10. Bomb lance

    Type of projectile weapon used in whaling.

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