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 The Greenland Company took over the whaling side of the Muscovy Company because it was granted monopoly rights given by the government.<ref name = "wal"/>  London then had 20 whaling ships in the 1620s.<ref name = "wal"/>  During this whaling time though the English had bitter competition with the Dutch who eventually dominant them by mid 17th century.<ref name = "wal"/>
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-File:Walfang zwischen 1856 und 1907.jpg|A New England whaler <br> <small> '''Attributed to'''  Walfang zwischen US Library of Congress [Public Domain] (2004) via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walfang_zwischen_1856_und_1907.jpg
+File:Walfang zwischen 1856 und 1907.jpg|A New England whaler <br> <small> '''Attributed to'''  Walfang zwischen US Library of Congress [Public Domain] (2004) via Wikimedia Commons - [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walfang_zwischen_1856_und_1907.jpg Link]
 File:Dutch Whaling Scene Bonaventura Peeters.JPG|Dutch Whaling Scene by Bonaventura Peeters (1645) <br> <small> '''Attributed to''' Bonaventura Peeters [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons - [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADutch_Whaling_Scene_Bonaventura_Peeters.JPG Link]
 File:Cook-whaling.jpg|A view of whale fishery (1790) <br> <small> '''Attributed to''' By Archival Photograph by Mr. Sean Linehan [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons - [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACook-whaling.jpg Link]

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 ===Greenland Whaling===
-The Greenland Company took over the whaling side of the Muscovy Company because it was granted monopoly rights given by the government. London then had 20 whaling ships in the 1620s. During this whaling time though the English had bitter competition with the Dutch who eventually dominant them by mid 17th century.
+The Greenland Company took over the whaling side of the Muscovy Company because it was granted monopoly rights given by the government.<ref name = "wal"/>  London then had 20 whaling ships in the 1620s.<ref name = "wal"/>  During this whaling time though the English had bitter competition with the Dutch who eventually dominant them by mid 17th century.<ref name = "wal"/>
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 File:Walfang zwischen 1856 und 1907.jpg|A New England whaler <br> <small> '''Attributed to'''  Walfang zwischen US Library of Congress [Public Domain] (2004) via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walfang_zwischen_1856_und_1907.jpg

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 ===Greenland Whaling===
 The Greenland Company took over the whaling side of the Muscovy Company because it was granted monopoly rights given by the government. London then had 20 whaling ships in the 1620s. During this whaling time though the English had bitter competition with the Dutch who eventually dominant them by mid 17th century.
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-[[File:Walfang zwischen 1856 und 1907.jpg|300px|thumb|A New England whaler]][[File:Dutch Whaling Scene Bonaventura Peeters.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Dutch Whaling Scene by Bonaventura Peeters (1645)]]
+File:Walfang zwischen 1856 und 1907.jpg|A New England whaler <br> <small> '''Attributed to'''  Walfang zwischen US Library of Congress [Public Domain] (2004) via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walfang_zwischen_1856_und_1907.jpg
-[[File:Cook-whaling.jpg|300px|right|thumb|A view of whale fishery (1790)]]
+File:Dutch Whaling Scene Bonaventura Peeters.JPG|Dutch Whaling Scene by Bonaventura Peeters (1645) <br> <small> '''Attributed to''' Bonaventura Peeters [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons - [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADutch_Whaling_Scene_Bonaventura_Peeters.JPG Link]
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 ==Death of Whaling==
-In 1750, whale oil was being used for street lighting, machine lubricating in paint and putty. <ref name = "wal"/> Then the oil was replaced by gas and alternative oil sources. This brought the end to the big whaling industry in London and the last whale ship was sent out in 1835.
+In 1750, according to an article, whale oil was being used for street lighting, machine lubricating in paint and putty.<ref name = "wal"/> Then the oil was replaced by gas and alternative oil sources. This brought the end to the big whaling industry in London and the last whale ship was sent out in 1835. <ref name = "wal"/>
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 ==Beginning of Whaling==
 According to the London Waling Trade article on the London Port Cities website, the Middle Ages saw the start of the hunting of whales in the Bay of Biscay by Basque fishermen. <ref name = "wal">The London whaling trade. (n.d.). Retrieved May 23, 2017, from http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.129/chapterId/2633/The-London-whaling-trade.html </ref> Then in the 17th century, English and Dutch whalers working for the Muscovy Company started searching in the Arctic for whales to trade with Russia.
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 ===Greenland Whaling===
 The Greenland Company took over the whaling side of the Muscovy Company because it was granted monopoly rights given by the government. London then had 20 whaling ships in the 1620s. During this whaling time though the English had bitter competition with the Dutch who eventually dominant them by mid 17th century.
 [[File:Cook-whaling.jpg|300px|right|thumb|A view of whale fishery (1790)]]
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 =Overview=
-Whaling is a practice from back in the middle ages. In the 17th century, English whalers from the Greenland company started whaling.Overall, the whaling trade has periods of grown and decline. In the time of  1750, whale oil was used for street lighting, lubricating machinery, in paint and putty The whaling trade in London since the 1960's has closed due to other better sources of oil.
+Whaling is a practice from back in the middle ages. In the 17th century, English whalers from the Greenland company started whaling. Overall, the whaling trade has periods of grown and decline. In the time of  1750, whale oil was used as regular oil is used today for lubricating machinery and other stuff. The whaling trade in London since the 1960's has closed due to other better sources of oil.
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 ===South Sea Whaling===
-One of the many different docks in London, The Greenland Dock was London's second wet dock established between 1696-1699. It was created to refit ships, specifically East India ships, and not cargo similar to the Blackwall Yard Dock built in 1660. The dock is located at Rotherhithe and built originally as the Howland Great Dock. It was originally named after Elizabeth Howland, granddaughter of Sir Josiah Child, the dictatorial chairman of East India Company. And after she was married money was raised to build the dock and add a second dry dock on the Howland's Rotherhithe estate. It was originally used to refit East India ships but by 1720s Greenland whalers also used the dock which led to the construction of blubber boiling houses on the south side.
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