It ended in the early 20th century (1900s) due to the industry being overcome by competitors, such as the popularity of kerosene.
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in late 1800s and early 1900s the industrial revolution took place
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Both had policies of empire-building in the Pacific in the early 1900s.
Both had policies of empire-building in the Pacific in the early 1900s.
Both had policies of empire-building in the Pacific in the early 1900s.
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The urban areas in the early 1900s were slightly developed. However, by the 1950s, development had started growing with better infrastructure in the urban areas as a way of promoting trade.
Whaling has been an activity for thousands of years, archealogical discoveries in South Korea suggest evidence of whaling occuring as early as 6000 BC. Commercial whaling is widely though to have begun in the late 1800s and early 1900s with the invention of various whaling devices such as the flexible harpoon and steam winches.
The global whale population decreased from the heydays of Whaling, conducted by Britain, United States, Norway, even Australia in the late 1800s to the early 1900s by 70-80%. The IWC, International Whaling Commission put in place a gobal moratorium on comercial whaling in 1982. Since then certain species are believed to have recovered in great numbers, such as Minke Whales, while other species, such as Blue Whales remain on the endangered list.
Germany and Great Britain were involved in a naval rivalry in the early 1900s.