This article re-appraises Liverpool’s involvement in the northern whaling trade c.1750-1823. It shows that the town ranked second amongst England’s whaling ports at different times during the 1750s, 1760s, 1770s, and again in 1794. This is much earlier and frequent than previously thought, and therefore has implications for our understanding of the geography of the nation’s whaling industry. Gordon Jackson famously asserted that all the major whaling ports were on the east coast. Whilst this article does not contest the broad thrust of Jackson’s thesis, it does suggest a slight modification. The ability of west coast Liverpool to achieve ‘second’ rank, even if this was for only brief periods, shows that the dominance of the east coast in whaling, though clearly strong, was not absolute.

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重新考虑格鲁吉亚利物浦的北部捕鲸贸易：排名、重要性和地理

本文重新评估了利物浦在 1750-1823 年间参与北方捕鲸贸易的情况。它表明该镇在 1750 年代、1760 年代、1770 年代和 1794 年的不同时期在英格兰的捕鲸港中排名第二。这比以前认为的要早得多，而且频繁得多，因此对我们了解该国的地理环境具有重要意义。捕鲸业。戈登杰克逊著名地断言，所有主要的捕鲸港都在东海岸。虽然这篇文章并不反对杰克逊论文的主旨，但它确实建议稍作修改。西海岸利物浦获得“第二”排名的能力，即使这只是短暂的，表明东海岸在捕鲸方面的主导地位虽然明显强大，但并不是绝对的。