WHALING INDUSTRY

WHAT DO WE NEED WHALES FOR?

• Powering lanterns
• Lubrication
• Explosives
• Meat
• Baleen

WHY DID WHALING START?

• Large American Industry: 1846
• The Demand for Whale Oil
• African American Job Oppritunity
• The city New Bedford used whaling as it's main trade
• Whale oil was used as a primary energy source by burning

PRODUCTS OF BALEEN

• Womens corsets
• Hairbrushes
• Buggy whips
• Collar stays

WHALING DANGERS

• Drowning
• Harpoons
• Heat Exhaustion
• Whale Attacks
• Sharks

WHY DID PEOPLE WANT TO WHALE?

• The Excitement
• Equal Oppritunities
• It was a great way to make a lot of cash

HISTORY OF WHALING

• Native Americans Helped Colonists Whale in 1644
• New Yorkers Making Whale Seasons Between October and March.
• Henry Cheever said "the boat spun after him with the speed of a top"
• Whaling at Cape Cod
• It increased trade by powering the lanterns for factorys

IMPACT OF WHALING

• First Lamp Oil
• First Machine Lubricant
• First Equal Oppritunities for Minorities
• The Novel Moby Dick was written.
• "The Romance of Whaling."

Romance of Whaling
Displayed the Adventure of Whaling
Sailors came home with stories of their kills and life at sea.

WHEN DID WHALING END IN AMERICA?

• Protests in 1970s
• Ended in America 1986
• Whales, however could still be hunted for science

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