He was the first to hunt the gray whales of both Laguna Ojo de Liebre and San Ignacio Lagoon, the former once being called "Scammon's Lagoon" after him.
It was during this era that Captain Charles Melville Scammon discovered a prolific gray whale breeding lagoon which became a choice hunting ground for American and European whalers.
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