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American Offshore Whaling

Download packages are available for the American Offshore Whaling databases on the Whaling History website. Each zipped package contains a readme file with column descriptions, licensing and citation information, and one or more files containing the data. The readme information is also available in the About page on this website for each database.

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American Offshore Whaling Voyages: A Database, by the New Bedford Whaling Museum, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., and the Nantucket Historical Association, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://whalinghistory.org/contact/.

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British Southern Whale Fishery

Data on this site corresponds to BSWF database revised through 11/3/2023. For access to the complete British Southern Whale Fishery data, contact the authors through the BSWF website contact page, http://www.britishwhaling.org/contact-us.html

British North American Whaling

A download package is available for this British North American whaling database on the Whaling History website. Each zipped package contains one or more files containing the data. The readme information is available on the About page on this website for the database.

License

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British North American Whaling Voyages.  This database is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://whalinghistory.org/contact/.

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Les Baleiniers Français

A download package is available for this French whaling database on the Whaling History website. Each zipped package contains one or more files containing the data. The readme information is available on the About page on this website for the database.

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Les Baleiniers Français. This database is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://whalinghistory.org/contact/.

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Scottish Arctic Whaling Voyages

A download package is available for this Scottish Arctic whaling database on the Whaling History website. Each zipped package contains the data file and a readme.txt file. The readme information is also available on the About page on this website for the database.

License

Creative Commons License
Scottish Arctic Whaling Voyages. This database is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://whalinghistory.org/contact/.

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