Between 1848 and 1902, American whaleships hunted whales off Sakhalin.Mary and Susan, of Stonington, Aug. 10–31, 1848, Nicholson Whaling Collection; Charles W. Morgan, of New Bedford, Aug. 30–Sep. 5, 1902, G. W. Blunt White Library (GBWL). They cruised for bowhead and gray whales to the north and right whales to the east and south.Eliza Adams, of Fairhaven, Aug. 4–6, 1848, Old Dartmouth Historical Society; Erie, of Fairhaven, July 26 – Aug. 29, 1852, NWC; Sea Breeze, of New Bedford, July 8–10, 1874, GBWL.
