Whaling in London

Whaling in London

Whaling in London

Greenland Whaling
Greenland Whaling
Artist	Attributed to Frederick Whymper
Year	1883

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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. 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.

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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