Whaling History Data

At the heart of the current site are seven interconnected databases. Three of them relate to American offshore whaling: one describing every known voyage from the 1700s through the 1920s, another transcribing location information from whaling logbooks, and the third containing crew lists for these voyages. Two of the databases relate to the British Southern Whale Fishery (1775–1859): one describing every known voyage, whaling or sealing, to the south of Britain, and one containing the corresponding crew lists. The sixth database describes whaling voyages from British North America, including Nova Scotia and New Brunswick from 1779–1845. And the seventh describes voyages from France.

• American Offshore Whaling Voyages
• American Offshore Whaling Logbooks
• American Offshore Whaling Crew Lists
• British Southern Whale Fishery Voyages
• British Southern Whale Fishery Crew Lists
• British N. American Voyages
• Les Baleiniers Français
• Scottish Whaling Voyages