New England is a treasure house filled with many different types of spiritual, cultural, historical, and other resources. Included in this treasure trove are the various cultures that have come together to make up the fabric of life in this region. One such culture is the whaling tradition of Massachusetts.
For more information about the whaling tradition of Massachusetts, please visit:
History.com: Whaling
New Bedford Whaling Museum
Nantucket Whaling Museum
San Diego Union-Tribune: History breaches in three Massachusetts whaling towns (11 JUL 04)
Background information:
Wikipedia: New Bedford, Massachusetts
Cool Antarctica: New Bedford, Massachusetts, whaling vessels Whales and whaling pictures - 2
Wikipedia: Whaling
A book related to this tradition was Moby Dick (also called The Whale), by Herman Melville:
Project Gutenberg: Moby Dick; or, The Whale
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