Question

In the late 18th to mid–19th centuries, Europeans sought economic gain from the Pacific from the trade of
(1 point)
Responses

petroleum.
petroleum.

whales and seals.
whales and seals.

wheat.
wheat.

diamonds.
diamonds.

Answer 1

whales and seals.

European ships hunted whales (for oil and baleen) and seals (for pelts and oil) throughout the Pacific from the late 18th to mid-19th centuries.