Harpoon - Wikipedia
A harpoon is a long, spear-like projectile used in fishing, whaling, sealing, and other hunting to shoot, kill, and capture large fish or marine mammals such as seals, sea cows, and whales. It impales the target and secures it with barb or toggling claws, allowing the fishermen or hunters to use an attached rope or chain to pull and retrieve ...
Whales and Hunting - New Bedford Whaling Museum
The harpoon, known to crews as the “whale iron,” was used to fasten the whale to the whaleboat, rather than to kill it. It was designed to penetrate blubber and hold securely, like a hook. A whaleship embarking on a four-year voyage in the mid- …
Harpoons - Robert Hellman Whaling Collection
The whaling harpoon, or “iron” as it was called by the men who used it, was little more than a huge fishhook. Its purpose was to fasten and hold the “fish” until it could be killed by the hand lance or gun-fired explosive lance.
Harpoons - Whalesite
2022年10月26日 · HARPOONS. The harpoon was central to the whale fisheries of the world. Harpoons have been used for at least a thousand years to capture whales and large fish. The Basques of 900 A.D. were among the earliest whalers. Their word arpoi, meaning to fasten or hold, became arpon in Spanish, and harpoon, or harping iron, in English.
19th Century HARPOONS: History & Tech Revealed
The invention and use of 19th-century harpoons revolutionized the whaling industry by providing a safer and more efficient method of hunting whales. These harpoons enabled whalers to capture larger species and led to the development of innovative techniques such …
The Whale Hunt - U.S. National Park Service
2022年7月29日 · The harpoon, known as a "whale iron," would penetrate the whale's blubber and secure the whale to the whaleboat. The harpoon was not designed to kill the whale. For a four-year voyage, a whaleship would carry 150-200 harpoons. In the late 1800s, the standard harpoon was the Temple toggle iron.
Robert Hellman Whaling & Whalecraft Collection
He collected his first harpoon in 1967 and spent considerable time studying the history of whaling and the methods of whale hunting. He decoded makers’ and ships’ marks on the gear he collected and looked into the lives of nineteenth-century blacksmiths and shipsmiths.
A history of whaling - National Science and Media Museum
2022年2月10日 · The harpoon—a long, spear-like instrument—has been the most common method of killing whales for thousands of years. Early whalers would hand throw harpoons, sometimes several at a time, to prevent the whale from getting away before it could be killed with a more effective instrument at close range.
Harpoons and Whalecraft - New Bedford Whaling Museum
Installed on the first floor of the restored Bourne Building “Harpoons and Whalecraft” displayed the full spectrum of whaling weaponry devised in the 19th century, from classic harpoons to massive guns, providing new insight into what amounted to the …
Home - Robert Hellman Whaling Collection
The focus of the collection was the American whaling industry of the 19th century, in particular the harpoons, lances, spades, and other gear used to hunt and process whales known by its makers as whalecraft. Global in scope, the collection also included whalecraft from the British and continental whaling industries and indigenous whaling ...