Historians have long debated whether the end of slavery in the United States was primarily driven by moral campaigns or economic changes. But what if both perspectives are looking at only part of the ...

Quick Take Connecticut chose the sperm whale in 1975 to honor its pivotal 19th-century whaling industry and maritime heritage ...

East Carolina University’s Dr. Jason T. Raupp is the author of a new book, “Wrecked on the Reef: Maritime Archaeology of ...

The anchor of Industry, a whaling ship that sank in 1836 in the Gulf of Mexico NOAA Ocean Exploration Last month, researchers identified a 207-year-old shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico as the Industry, ...

This section of the whaleship Industry’s logbook features a whale stamp, indicating that the crew caught a sperm whale. In this case, the whale yielded 68 barrels of oil.(Courtesy the New Bedford ...

(CNN) -- The discovery of a 207-year-old whaling ship in the Gulf of Mexico is shedding light on the history of its Black and Native American crew members in the early 1800s. The National Oceanic and ...

NOAA and partners today announced the discovery of the wreck of a 207-year-old whaling ship, called Industry, found on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. (NOAA/Handout) Robin Winters was working at the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Starting around 1650, whaling expanded along the Northeast coast of the British ...