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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.
License
American Offshore Whaling Voyages: A Database, by New Bedford Whaling Museum and Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., 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/.
Downloads
- American Offshore Whaling Voyages Revised 10/20/2021
- American Offshore Whaling Crew Lists Revised 2/19/2023
- American Offshore Whaling Logbook Data Revised 1/4/2018
- Maury Logbook Data Revised 1/4/2018
- Townsend Logbook Data Revised 1/4/2018
- Census of Marine Life Logbook Data Revised 1/4/2018
British Southern Whale Fishery
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
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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- British North American Whaling Voyages Revised 4/9/2019
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.
License
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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- Les Baleiniers Français Revised 4/9/2019
Scottish Arctic Whaling Voyages
A download package is available for this Scottish Arctic whaling database on the Whaling History website. Each zipped package contains two files containing the data. The readme information is available on the About page on this website for the database.
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/.
Download
- Scottish Arctic Whaling Voyages Revised 2/6/2020