Drawings of ships decorate the pages of a historic whaling logbook. Courtesy of Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution “One of the most important pillars in understanding how ...

He’s illustrated a new edition of Herman Melville’s novel, now in the public domain. It begins with a striking image of a ...

A given whaling ship’s crew might be made up of white ... out of Newburyport, features scale drawings of the coastlines and bird’s-eye views of islands off the South American coastline.

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--The Kangei Maru, a new whaling mother ship that will succeed the decommissioned Nisshin Maru, has been built here. A signing ceremony for its delivery was held ...

New Bedford’s peak fleet of about 350 whaling ships had dwindled to just a few boats, some of which were picking up extra income as movie props. The Wanderer, the last of New Bedford’s square ...

Down to the Sea in Ships is a lengthy saga of early whaling ships and the men who commanded them. It is told with emphasis on character study rather than action. Down to the Sea in Ships is a ...

At its peak, from the 1820s to the 1840s, Nantucket was home to several dozen whaling ships. Whaling crews hunted whales species for their blubber, which was boiled down into oils that were used ...