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| | London Merchant Genealogies - 1786 and later (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | For the dates 26 March, 1773, to 11 May, 1773, (Australian Encyclopedia (1958 edn), entry on Seals), Capt. Cook noted, "Seals are to be found in great numbers about this bay, on the small rocks and isles near the sea coast" - at Dusky Sound, New Zealand. |
 | | If James Mather was involved as a whaling investor, from say 1773, we find a mild controversy about who should get credit for starting the English South Whale Fishery (bearing in mind that English efforts to start the first English South Whale Fishery were ruined by the outbreak of the American Revolution. |
 | | Part of deals by 1773 (with what became the Boston Tea Party) is that certain ships will take tea to North America, and bring back whaling products. |
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