Whaling didn't begin with the Charles W. Morgan, ... By 1839, New Bedford was America's leading port, with 69 ships and barks — eight brigs and schooners — all bringing wealth back to the city.

“The New Bedford whaling panorama is a spectacular example of a mass medium that has been virtually forgotten,” said landscape and panorama scholar Molly Briggs, who teaches design at the University ...

The International Whaling Commission announced an international moratorium on commercial whale hunting in 1986, but the industry continues in several parts of the world.

The New Bedford Whaling Museum houses the world's largest collection of logbooks with over 2,500 dating back to 1668, and researchers have found there are some challenges in analyzing the data.

When whaling in North America hit its peak in the mid-1800s, hundreds of ships armed with gun-loaded harpoons set off on hunts in the South Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.

Whaling, only legal in 3 countries at the moment, might be coming to an end in Iceland as it gets cancelled for the 2nd year. advertisement. TheTravel.

Although whaling took place on an industrial level during the 19 th and 20 th centuries, the practice in general is thought to have been present in coastal communities for thousands of years. Keen ...

When Faith Webster, a retired schoolteacher, entered the Whaling Museum & Education Center in Cold Spring Harbor, she wasn’t aware of the recently opened exhibit detailing the lives of Black ...

A Japanese whaling firm unveiled vending machines offering whale sashimi, whale steak and whale bacon in Yokohama on Tuesday in hopes of reviving sales of a food long in decline and shunned by ...