Hi all historians i come from a place in the UK called Hull,it has quite the maritime past.We once was the icon of port and fishing even quite the masters at whaling.So we would have supplied quite the pretty penny and amount of trade .This was just a bit of history of my home town.But I am writing this to ask what do you think whaling brought and advances it created for industry and geographical profits and ect.I know that it has led to the endangerment of many species and maybe the extinction of some.I know i sound like an ass when i say but can we try focus on the positives and achievements it brought to our lives and how the world was changed by whale oil.Thank you all for reading!
Hello! I actually wrote my undergraduate thesis using the British Arctic Whaling Databank (built by the University of Hull).
While the bulk of my research was centered on the econometrics of whaling, I included a lot of information about the industry and its place in the world, along with numerous footnotes which you can use as jumping-off points for expanding your research.
You can also tell your friends that according to some very complex modeling, Hull was the second most productive Arctic whaling port in Britain during the period 1775-1779.
Let me know if this helps!
-Dave