Whaling in Argentina was a major industry in both the South Pacific and South Atlantic coasts, and around the

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. The primary whalers were

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and Scottish ships, and the primary quarry the southern right whale.Gilders, Michelle A.
Reflections of a Whale-Watcher
'. Indiana University Press, 1995. ,

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