Number of Whaling Voyages (year returned)
If there is no return date, departure year is used.
Results (year returned)
Voyages with unknown or no results (year returned):
1815-1819: 5; 1820-1824: 1; 1830-1834: 2; 1835-1839: 2; 1840-1844: 3; 1845-1849: 1; 1850-1854: 1; 1855-1859: 1; 1860-1864: 3.
*The charts only include whaling voyages from Mattapoisett. A 1795 whaling voyage from Rochester and the 1815 whaling trip of the Leander and the 1818 whaling trip of the Herey from Mattapoisett are not included.
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