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  2. History of whaling - Wikipedia

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    Hunting sperm required longer whaling voyages. Whale oil was essential for illuminating homes and businesses in the 19th century, and lubricated the machines of the Industrial Revolution. Baleen (the long keratin strips that hang from the top of whales' mouths) was used by manufacturers in the United States and Europe to make varied consumer goods.

  3. Ancient maritime history - Wikipedia

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    Maritime history dates back thousands of years. In ancient maritime history, [1] evidence of maritime trade between civilizations dates back at least two millennia. [2] The first prehistoric boats are presumed to have been dugout canoes which were developed independently by various Stone Age populations.

  4. Maritime history - Wikipedia

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    The early maps were oriented with east at the top. This is believed to have begun in the Middle East. [41] Religion played a role in the drawing of maps. Countries that were predominantly Christian during the Middle Ages placed east at the top of the maps, in part due to Genesis, "the Lord God planted a garden toward the east in Eden". [41]

  5. History of Basque whaling - Wikipedia

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    A third annal says three Basque ships were whaling from Strandir in 1608, while another source says that a Southern Basque ship was whaling around Strandir in 1613 – which would be consistent with an illustration on an early 18th-century map that says: "Anno 1613 by de Biscayers beseylt." The ship was directed to a suitable harbor in ...

  6. Whaling - Wikipedia

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    Commercial whaling in Great Britain began late in the 16th century and continued after the 1801 formation of the United Kingdom and intermittently until the middle of the 20th century. The trade was broadly divided into two branches. The northern fishery involved hunting the bowhead whale off the coast of Greenland and adjacent islands.

  7. History of navigation - Wikipedia

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    This made long one-way voyages possible twice a year. [19] A 260 CE book by K'ang T'ai (康泰) described ships with seven sails called po were used by the Indo-Scythian (月支—Yuezhi) traders for transporting horses.

  8. Whaler - Wikipedia

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    Spermaceti was especially valuable, and as sperm whaling voyages were several years long, the whaling ships were equipped for all eventualities. There have also been vessels which combined chasing and processing, such as the bottlenose whalers of the late 19th and early 20th century, and catcher/factory ships of the modern era.

  9. Essex (ship) - Wikipedia

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    Essex is the name of several ships: . For East Indiamen, see Essex (East Indiaman); For Royal Navy ships, see HMS Essex; For US Navy ships, see USS Essex.. Essex Junior was the British whaler Atlantic that Captain David Porter, of the American frigate Essex, captured off the Galapagos Islands on 29 April 1813, renamed, and used as a tender.