The popular novel Moby-Dick first spurred young and old alike to romanticize the Whaling industry.
Later, these trips would extend over many years, bringing home an average of 1,500.
In the early 1700s, Massachusetts residents caught whales from the shore before embarking on offshore voyages for several weeks.
Author Herman Melville wrote his story based on the exploits of the Essex whaleship, and he documented his travels aboard the Acushnet, which departed from a Massachusetts Whaling port.
The popular novel Moby-Dick first spurred young and old alike to romanticize the Whaling industry