Assertion: archipelago's island | /r/ObjectUse | used as whaling base
Facets:
value: for the danish empire
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: by whalers
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The islands were first used as a whaling base by whalers who sailed far north in pursuit of whales for blubber in the 17th and 18th centuries, after which they were abandoned.
text: The Islands were first used as a Whaling base for the Danish empire as the Dano Norwegians travelled north in the 17th and 18th century in search of whale fat.