Assertion: coffin | /r/CapableOf | begin whaling in the 1690s
Facets:
value: in local waters
type: LOCATION
value: seriously
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The Coffins, along with other Nantucket families, including the Gardners and the Starbucks, began whaling seriously in the 1690s in local waters, and by 1715 the family owned three whaling ships and a trade vessel.