Sailors, Whalers, Fantastic Sea Voyages: An Activity Guide to North American Sailing Life
O Time Line 4 000 years ago Native Americans catch whales that wash ashore and use canoes to capture whales along the shallow coastline 1620 Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock Settlers hunt whales right from shore 1750 Tryworks first used onboard a whaleship 1784 The Empress of China enters the anchorage of Whampoa to trade with the Chinese 1793
Pacific whaling begins when the Rebecca rounds Cape Horn to deliver a full cargo of sperm whale oil home to New Bedford 1640 First organized whale fishery Long Island New York 1712 Sperm whaling begins off the coast of Massachusetts 1776 America declares independence from England British blockade colonial ports during the Revolutionary War and bring whaling to a
1802 First steamboat launched in England 1808 Congress outlaws American participation in the African slave trade 1818 The first American packet ship James Monroe of the Black Ball line sails from New York to Liverpool 1845 The Rainbow the first American clipper ship is launched 1856 Harpoon gun is
Als 1859 Petroleum oil discovered in Pennsylvani Kerosene begins to replace whale oil for lighting fuel 1869 First transcontinental railroad is complete 1871 Thirty three whalers lost trapped in Arctic ice 1924 On August 25 the last whaler the Wanderer sails out from New Bedford Massachusetts 1812 War of 1812 British impress American ships and force crews into naval service Americans respond by recaptur ing ships and crippling the British fleet 1841 Fresnel lighthouse lens is used 1848 Gold discovered in
