NEW ENGLAND BEFORE MODERN WHALING
A map of Nantucket, c. 1700
- Whaling had been practiced for centuries by the American Indians in the region.
- The island of Nantucket was an unknown spit of sand 30 miles south of Cape Cod, MA.
- There was an abundance of Sperm, Right, and Humpback whales in the Atlantic Ocean.
- Throughout the rest of the world there was little to no whaling.
- The island of Nantucket was an unknown spit of sand 30 miles south of Cape Cod, MA.
- There was an abundance of Sperm, Right, and Humpback whales in the Atlantic Ocean.
- Throughout the rest of the world there was little to no whaling.