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2. Whaling in the United States - Wikipedia

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   At first they only fished off the coast of Chile, but by 1792, the sperm whalers had reached the coast of Peru, and George W. Gardner extended the fishery even further in 1818 when he discovered the "offshore grounds," or the seas between 105–125° W and 5–10° S. [21] In 1820, the first New England whaleship, the Maro, under Captain Joseph ...