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But their populations plummeted in the 18th and 19th centuries, as buccaneers and whalers nabbed tortoises for meat and oil.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
The African Baptist Society in Nantucket, for example, was built by Black whalers who had achieved financial independence through their trade.
—Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
In 1855, the desk was recovered by an American whaler and Congress appropriated funding to refit the ship that the desk was on to England, as a gift to Queen Victoria.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
The novel was inspired by both his experience as a whaler and the Essex tragedy.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
The African Baptist Society in Nantucket, for example, was built by Black whalers who had achieved financial independence through their trade.
—Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
In 1855, the desk was recovered by an American whaler and Congress appropriated funding to refit the ship that the desk was on to England, as a gift to Queen Victoria.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
The novel was inspired by both his experience as a whaler and the Essex tragedy.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Whaler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whaler. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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whaler
noun
whal·er
ˈhwā-lər 
ˈwā-
: a person or ship that hunts for whales
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