New Bedford whaling industry

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:whaling_industry
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:Frederick_Douglass gptkb:Herman_Melville gptkb:Quakers
gptkbp:culturalSignificance	inspiration for Moby-Dick
gptkbp:declinedAfter	late 19th century petroleum discovery overhunting of whales
gptkbp:economicImportance	major economic driver for New Bedford
gptkbp:employs	diverse, including African Americans, Native Americans, immigrants
gptkbp:firstWhalingVoyage	1760s
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	gptkb:19th_century
gptkbp:industry	oil refining shipbuilding candle making spermaceti processing
gptkbp:infrastructure	wharves shipyards oil refineries candle factories sail lofts
gptkbp:lastWhalingVoyage	1927
gptkbp:legacy	gptkb:historic_district gptkb:nature_reserve tourism maritime heritage
gptkbp:location	gptkb:New_Bedford,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:market	gptkb:Europe gptkb:South_America gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:museum	gptkb:New_Bedford_Whaling_Museum
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:The_Whaling_City
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Whaling_Disaster_of_1871 Underground Railroad involvement abolitionist activity
gptkbp:notableShip	gptkb:Acushnet gptkb:Charles_W._Morgan gptkb:Lagoda
gptkbp:peakPeriod	1840s-1860s
gptkbp:portRanking	world's richest whaling port (19th century)
gptkbp:product	whale oil whalebone ambergris
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list	gptkb:New_Bedford_Whaling_National_Historical_Park
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:William_Rotch
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	New Bedford whaling industry