{"id":"AV02036","vessel":"Brewster","rig":null,"master":"John A. Beebe","port":"New Bedford, MA","ground":"S Pacific, Indian","year_out":"1863","year_in":"1865","logbook":{"id":"journalofbrewste00brew","title":"Journal of the Brewster (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by John A. Beebe and kept by Keith Marshall, on a whaling voyage between 1863 and 1865.","url":"https://archive.org/details/journalofbrewste00brew","pages":282},"days":[{"date":"1863-10-17","events":[],"lat":41.55,"lon":-70.85,"fixed":true,"entry":"Saturday Morning Oct the 17.^[th]^ 1864\nThis day sailed from N Bedford in B.K. Brewster\nAs Third mate on a whaleing voyage to the Sooloo\nSea under the command of Capt John Beebe\nOf Nantucket. the wind being ahead we towed\nOutside by the Steam boat Union.","plain":"The bark Brewster sailed from New Bedford bound for the Sulu Sea under Captain John Beebe. Because the wind was against them, the steamboat Union towed them out to sea.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Union","rig":"steamer","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"near land","place":"N Bedford","plate":"gam.spoke-b","at":"new-bedford-massachusetts"},{"date":"1863-10-18","events":[],"lat":40.3871,"lon":-70.2105,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday the 18^[th]^\nLight winds from S.W at 4 Oclock\nPM saw a schooner bearing W.S.W steering N by W","wind":[["whole","SW","light"]],"plain":"Light winds blew from the southwest. In the afternoon, they sighted a schooner.","where":"at sea","via":[[-70.95,41.35]]},{"date":"1863-10-19","events":[],"lat":39.2517,"lon":-69.3386,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday the 19^[th]^\nBroke out the fore hole for the purpo^[se]^\nOf getting chafeing gear for the rigging from\n10 Oclock until 4 PM at 11 PM light wind with\nHeavy showers of rain","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"The crew worked in the forward hold from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. getting out protective gear for the rigging. The night brought light winds and heavy rain showers.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-10-20","events":[],"lat":38.1164,"lon":-68.4667,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday the 20^[th]^\nLight winds & fogg. at 7 PM heavy\nshowers of rain.","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["fog","rain"],"plain":"Light winds and fog, followed by heavy rain showers in the evening.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-10-21","events":[],"lat":36.981,"lon":-67.5948,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday the 21^[st]/\nA nice breeze. N.W. At 8 Oclock\nAM Broke out the boat gear & rigged the boats\nat 11 a M hauled the Starboard and Port Cables on Deck","wind":[["whole","NW","moderate"]],"plain":"With a nice breeze from the northwest, the crew unpacked the whaleboat gear, rigged the boats, and hauled the anchor cables up onto the deck.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-10-22","events":[],"lat":35.8457,"lon":-66.7229,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday 22d\nStrong breeze from the nothward. at 1\nPM Port-watch scraped the poop Deck. at 2. Oclk\nChanged our course from S.E to E.S.E. at 3. 30 [illegible]\nIn main Royal & fly jib. at four furled Fore\nTop Gallant sail at 5.30 furled m.T. G sail\nAnd spanker at 6. Doubled the Top Sails and\nFurled main sail and Jib.","wind":[["whole","N","strong"]],"plain":"Strong breezes blew from the north. The port watch scraped the poop deck while the crew shortened sail into the evening.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-10-23","events":[],"lat":34.7104,"lon":-65.851,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday 23d\nClear with wind debating at 8 30 AM\nShook the reefs out & set main sail at 11. 45\nDoubled reefed Fore Topsail again.","weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear weather with shifting winds. The crew shook the reefs out and set the mainsail, but later double-reefed the fore-topsail again.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-10-24","events":[],"lat":33.575,"lon":-64.9791,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday 24th\nClear with strong winds. at 2. O clock\nwinds wind debates 2.30 Shook out reefs and set\nM.T G sail. at 11 Oclock a light shower of rain\nat 1 PM sighted a Ship bearing South Steering W b S","wind":[["whole","","strong"]],"weather":["clear","rain"],"plain":"Strong winds eased by afternoon, allowing the crew to set more sail. They had a light rain shower and sighted a ship sailing to the west-southwest.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-10-25","events":[],"lat":32.4397,"lon":-64.1072,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday the 25th\nCommences fine with wind S.S.E\nHad a present of a nice Bible from Capt Beebe\nat 10 30 am raised a sail 2 points off the weather\nBow at 11 : saw a sail comeing up with us at 4.30\nPassed with us made her to be the Ship Hunter\nby Signals of Bedford","wind":[["first","SSE",""]],"plain":"Captain Beebe gave the keeper a nice Bible. In the afternoon, they signaled and identified the ship Hunter of New Bedford.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Gifted a Bible by Captain Beebe","quote":"Had a present of a nice Bible from Capt Beebe","interest":2},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Hunter","rig":"ship","port":"Bedford","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.spoke-c"},{"date":"1863-10-26","events":[],"lat":31.3043,"lon":-63.2353,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday the 26th\nThis day maned the mast heads for the\nfirst time. All hands at work in rigging. at 2 PM sent\nCutting Penants aloft. Put new lifts on F. G yard. at\n8 PM breeze increasing. 10 Oclock clued down F. G sail.\nat 11.45 PM had a Rain squall. reefed main Top sail","weather":["rain","squalls"],"plain":"The crew manned the mastheads for the first time to begin looking for whales, worked on the rigging, and prepared the blubber-cutting gear aloft. A rain squall hit late that night.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-10-27","events":[],"lat":30.169,"lon":-62.3634,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday 27th\nClear, with a fine freeze from southward\nAt 6 am shook out the reefs. set Fore & main Top G\nSail. at 6.15 AM lookouts aloft. broke out the after\nHatch","wind":[["whole","S","moderate"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear weather with a fine breeze from the south. The crew set more sail, sent lookouts aloft, and broke out the after hatch.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-10-28","events":[],"lat":29.0336,"lon":-61.4915,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday the 28th\nComences fine with a smacking breeze from S.E All\nHands engaged in Ships duty. Ground and got up\nLances and Irons. Coiled the lines. 1 PM took in [insertion]Gafft Top sail.[/insertion] Fore T G sail","wind":[["first","SE","fresh"]],"plain":"Fine weather with a brisk breeze. The crew went about routine ship's duty, sharpening lances and harpoons, coiling whale lines, and shortening sail in the afternoon.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-10-29","events":[],"lat":27.8983,"lon":-60.6196,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday the 29th Passage to Sooloo Sea\nA fine breeze from S. at 6. a m made Sail\nStationed lookouts aloft. Broke out Fore. Main &\nAfter hatches pretty good for one day.","wind":[["whole","S","moderate"]],"plain":"Under a fine breeze on the passage to the Sulu Sea, they made sail, stationed lookouts aloft, and broke out the fore, main, and after hatches, calling it \"pretty good for one day.\"","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Keeper satisfied with a busy day's work","quote":"pretty good for one day.","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","place":"Sooloo Sea","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1863-10-30","events":[],"lat":26.7629,"lon":-59.7477,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fri. 30th\nComences fine. with a light breeze. at 7.30 am\nAll hands on deck for ships duty (as usual) at 10 am\nBecalmed. At 5.30 Choose Boats crews and lowered\nAway for practice.","wind":[["first","","light"],["middle","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"The ship was becalmed by midmorning. In the afternoon, they selected boat crews and put the boats out for practice.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-10-31","events":[],"lat":25.6276,"lon":-58.8758,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday 31st\nCalm & clear. at daylight stationed Lookouts\nAloft. called all hands at 7.30 for ships duty\nAt 8 AM a light breeze springing up from S.S.E\nat 10 am raised a sail 2 points on weath[er]\nBow a bark bound to the N by W.","wind":[["first","","calm"],["middle","SSE","light"]],"weather":["calm","clear"],"plain":"Calm, clear weather with a light breeze developing. The crew stood watch and carried out ship's duty, sighting a bark heading north-northwest.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-01","events":[],"lat":24.4922,"lon":-58.0039,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday morning Nov the 1st\nLight wind and Hazy\nwith a heavy swell","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["haze","heavy sea"],"plain":"Routine sailing in hazy weather, light winds, and a heavy swell.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-02","events":[],"lat":23.3569,"lon":-57.132,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon the 2nd\nCommences with a strong wind from S.S.E\nAt 8.30. AM took in F T Gt Sail. at 4 30 took in\nMain T Gt Gallant sail and washed of Decks\nAt 5 PM wind increasing set boats on uper Crane","wind":[["first","SSE","strong"]],"plain":"Strong, increasing winds forced the crew to reduce sail, wash the decks, and secure the whaleboats on their upper cranes.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-03","events":[],"lat":22.2215,"lon":-56.2601,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday the 3d\nWind increaseing, at 10 A M cleued down\nand reef Fore and Main Top Sail, hauled down and\nstowed the jib & furled main Sail, took\ncraft out the Boats and turned Bow Boat\nup. At 10 P M wind rebates loosed jib\nshook out reefs and set main T G sail\nAt 10..45 heavy rain","weather":["rain"],"plain":"As the wind increased, the crew reduced sail, took the gear out of the boats, and turned the bow boat upside down. The wind eased late in the evening, followed by heavy rain.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-04","events":[],"lat":21.0862,"lon":-55.3882,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed the 4th\nClear with a nice breeze from S. S. W. at\n4.30 A. M set Fore Top Gallant sail\nAt 5.45 squall took in Fore & main Top\nGallant sail. At 6.30 set them again.","wind":[["whole","SSW","moderate"]],"weather":["clear","squalls"],"plain":"Clear weather with a pleasant breeze, punctuated by an early morning squall that briefly forced them to reduce sail.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-05","events":[],"lat":19.9508,"lon":-54.5163,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 5th\nCommences with heavy winds & rainy at 10 a m\ntook in Fore & main T G sail, cleued down\n& doubbler reefed. At 2 O clock shook out\nReefs. At 4 P M reefed main T sail, and\nHauled up mainSail at 7 P M set main\nSail, at 8.30 wind more steady and\nFrequent showers of rain","wind":[["first","","strong"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Heavy winds and rain forced the crew to shorten and adjust sail throughout the day, with frequent rain showers continuing into the night.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-06","events":[],"lat":18.8155,"lon":-53.6444,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday 6th    Sooloo Sea\nFine weather. with a light-breeze from S.S.E at-\n7.30 all hands on deck for ships duty at-7.30\nP M cleued up and furled Fore & main\nTop Gallant-sails at-11 45-PM rain squall","wind":[["whole","SSE","light"]],"weather":["rain","squalls"],"plain":"Fine weather with a light breeze and a rain squall around midnight, while the crew attended to routine ship's duty.","where":"at sea","place":"Sooloo Sea"},{"date":"1863-11-07","events":[],"lat":17.6801,"lon":-52.7725,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat the 7th\nAt 11 a m clear set lookouts aloft. at 3 P.m\nBroke out after hatch. at-4.30 wind increass\nTook in Fly jib F T G Sail and Gaff Top Sail","weather":["clear"],"plain":"The weather cleared and lookouts were posted. Later in the day, the crew broke out the after hatch and reduced sail as the wind increased.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-08","events":[],"lat":16.5448,"lon":-51.9006,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday 8th\nCommences with strong wind (with rain)\nfrom S S E at-6-30 A M split-main Top G\nSail at-7 A.M bent a F G sail and set-\nLookouts aloft- at-8.30 sighted a sail\n2 points on Lee bow. steering N E by N at\n6.30 P.M set main Royal. at-11.30 squally took\nin main Royals","wind":[["first","SSE","strong"]],"weather":["rain","squalls"],"plain":"The ship faced strong winds and rain, which split a topsail. The crew replaced it, posted lookouts, and sighted another vessel in the distance.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-09","events":[],"lat":15.4095,"lon":-51.0287,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon the 9th\nClear with a strong breeze from S.E. at 6.30\nstationed look outs and broke out after hold\nAt 10.15 took in F Top Gallant Sail at-4.15\nSplit mail Top G sail gain","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear weather with a strong breeze from the southeast. The crew posted lookouts, worked in the after hold, and split the main topgallant sail again.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-10","events":[],"lat":14.2741,"lon":-50.1568,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues the 10th\nCommences with a strong breeze from S.S.E.\nat 6.30 A.M sent down M T G sail for repairs\nat 6.45 set F T G Sail. at 1.30 PM two sails\nReported on the bow steering W.S.W. at 5.\nO clock sent aloft and bent on T G sail","wind":[["first","SSE","strong"]],"plain":"Strong breezes blew from the south-southeast. The crew repaired and reset sails, and sighted two ships sailing west-southwest in the afternoon.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-11","events":[],"lat":13.1388,"lon":-49.2849,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed the 11th\nFine weather with a nice breeze from S.S.E at-\n6.30 stationed men at mast heads. at - 10.30 AM\nPassed a bark showing English colors at - 11\ntwo sails reported of the bow. afternoon broke\nout main hatch for Vinigar. at 7 O clock\nSet main Royal.","wind":[["whole","SSE","moderate"]],"plain":"Fine weather with a nice breeze. The crew posted lookouts, passed an English bark, sighted two other sails ahead, and broke out vinegar from the main hatch.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-12","events":[],"lat":12.0034,"lon":-48.4129,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 12th\nCommences fine with a nice breeze from\nS.E. at 6.30 took in main Royal and\nstationed lookouts aloft. at- 1 O clock\nPM sent down main & mizen Top\nGallant - Stay sails for repair at-\n4 O clock sent aloft and bent the [insertion: sails] stay","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"]],"plain":"Fine weather with a nice breeze. The crew took in sail, posted lookouts aloft, and took down the staysails to repair and reset them.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-13","events":[],"lat":10.8681,"lon":-47.541,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fri the 13th\nClear with light winds at 6.30 took in\nMain Royal and stationed mast heads\nThe crew imployed in ships duty at\n6.30 set main Royal","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear weather with light winds; the crew carried out routine ship's duties.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-14","events":[],"lat":9.7327,"lon":-46.6691,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat the 14th\nFine with light wind from S.E crew\nAs usual imployed in ships duty\nBroke out main hole and set up\nBack stays.","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"Fine weather with light winds; the crew handled routine ship's duties, broke out the main hold, and set up backstays.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-15","events":[],"lat":8.5974,"lon":-45.7972,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun the 15th\nCommences with light wind from S.E\nAt 6.30 stationed Lookouts at mast-\nHeads. at 8.30 A M a sail reported\nTwo points on Port Bow","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"Light southeast winds brought routine sailing. Lookouts took their posts at the mastheads in the morning and sighted another ship in the distance.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-16","events":[],"lat":7.462,"lon":-44.9253,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon the 16th\nCommences fine with a nice breeze from\nS.E. at 6.30 Stationed Lookouts aloft.\nat 8.30 Port-watch broke out after hole\nat 10 A M broke out-main hole for cask\nAt 1 O Clock P M broke out the run\nAnd stowed it off again","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"]],"plain":"Fine weather with a nice southeast breeze. The crew set lookouts aloft and spent the day rearranging and restowing casks in the holds.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.stowing-b"},{"date":"1863-11-17","events":[],"lat":6.3267,"lon":-44.0534,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues the 17th Passage To Ochotsk Sea\nCommences with a strong breeze from E.S.E.\nwith rain. at 8.30 a.m. wind debated.\nAt 4. o clock P.M. strong wind and rain\nAt 6.30 P.M took in Fore & Main T G sails\nClewed down & reefed the Top sails","wind":[["first","ESE","strong"],["middle","","strong"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"They continued their passage toward the Sea of Okhotsk. The wind abated in the morning.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-18","events":[],"lat":5.1913,"lon":-43.1815,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed the 18th\nCommences with strong wind from E.S.E.\nwith rain and sharp Lightining. heavy rain\nthrough out the day at 6, o clock P M wind\nHauled into the S.W tacked ship At 6.45\nPM wind hawling Easterly tacked again","wind":[["first","ESE","strong"],["middle","SW",""],["middle","E",""]],"weather":["rain","lightning"],"plain":"Strong winds, sharp lightning, and heavy rain blew through the day as the ship repeatedly turned to handle shifting winds.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-19","events":[],"lat":4.056,"lon":-42.3096,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs the 19th\nLight wind (with rain) at 4.30 A M wind S.\nTacked ship. at 8. a.m. heavy showers of rain\nAt 4 o clock P.M. a nice breeze from S.S.E. Tack[ed]","wind":[["first","S","light"],["latter","SSE","moderate"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Light winds, turning to a nice breeze, brought heavy rain showers as the ship turned through the day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-20","events":[],"lat":2.9206,"lon":-41.4377,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friz the 20th\nClear with light winds from E.S.E. at 8,45 wind\nHauled to S E by E. at 4.30 PM becalmed at 7 P.M.\nHeavy showers of rain","wind":[["first","ESE","light"],["first","SE by E",""],["middle","","calm"]],"weather":["clear","calm","rain"],"plain":"The day brought light winds followed by a calm in the evening, with heavy rain showers.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-21","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":"pilot","count":2}],"lat":1.7853,"lon":-40.5658,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat the 21st.\nCommences with a light-breeze from E.N.E.\nAt 11 O clock A.M. becalmed. at 2 P.M. raised\nBlack fish two points forward lee beam.\nAt 2 30 lowered away the boats and took two\nof them. at 7 P.M washed off the Decks","wind":[["first","ENE","light"],["middle","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"After being becalmed in the late morning, the crew spotted pilot whales in the afternoon, put out the boats, and caught two of them.","where":"at sea","catch":2},{"date":"1863-11-22","events":[],"lat":0.6499,"lon":-39.6939,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun the 22nd\nFine with a light breeze from the Eastward\nAt 6.30 a.m. lookouts stationed aloft. At\n6.45 raised a sail two points of Lee Bm, At\n3.30 P.M. saw a sail two points forward Lee\nBeam, At 6 30 P.M heavy squall. at 11 O clock\nP.M. saw a Brig off our Lee quarter","wind":[["whole","E","light"]],"weather":["squalls"],"plain":"Fine weather with a light breeze, though a heavy squall hit in the evening. The crew sighted three distant vessels throughout the day, including a brig late that night.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-23","events":[],"lat":-0.4854,"lon":-38.822,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon the 23d\nCommences fine with a light breeze from S.S.E\nAt 6 30 AM stationed look outs at mast heads\nAnd made preperations for boiling Black\nFish &c. at 8 O clock started the works.\nAt 4 PM cleaned out the try Pots putting the\nOil into the cooler. and washed off","wind":[["first","SSE","light"]],"plain":"The crew kept lookouts at the mastheads and spent the day boiling pilot whale blubber into oil and cleaning the decks.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Boiled blackfish (pilot whales)","quote":"boiling Black\nFish &c"}],"where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-a"},{"date":"1863-11-24","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":-1.6207,"lon":-37.9501,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday Nov the 24. 1863.\nClear & calm. at 5 O clock a m heavy showers\nof rain. at 6.30 clear stationed lookouts\nAloft at 7 a m 6 sails reported in sight\nAt 10 O clock rove after fall to Bow Boat\nAnd served fore top mast stay at 10.45\nRaised a School of Blackfish lowered\nBut withour success","wind":[["first","","calm"]],"weather":["clear","calm","rain"],"plain":"After heavy morning rain, six other ships were sighted. Later that morning, the crew spotted a school of pilot whales and put out the boats, but without success.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-25","events":[],"lat":-2.7561,"lon":-37.0782,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed the 25th\nCommence with light winds from S E. at\n7 O clock. a m rain squall at 8. a m char\nLookouts aloft at 8.15 a sail reported\ntwo points on weather Bow. at 3.20 run\nDown two with in 1/2 mile of us and showed\nFrench collars","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"weather":["rain","squalls"],"plain":"Light winds and a morning rain squall. The crew sighted a ship that approached within half a mile and showed French colors.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-26","events":[],"lat":-3.8914,"lon":-36.2063,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs the 26th\nCommences with a light breeze from the S\nAt 2 O clock a thurder storm at 11 Oclk\nSan a sail of our lee bow\nAbour 16 miles off at 11.30 clear. at\n4 P.M heavy rain","wind":[["first","S","light"]],"weather":["thunder","clear","rain"],"plain":"The ship encountered a thunderstorm, heavy rain, and light breezes, and sighted another vessel about 16 miles off.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-27","events":[],"lat":-5.0268,"lon":-35.3344,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fri the 27th\nCommences with light wind & rain, At 3 O\nClock A M a heavy Thunder storm. At 4 am\nClear & calm, At 6.30 P M a nice breeze\nFrom N.W. at 2 PM clear and calm.","wind":[["first","","light"],["latter","NW","moderate"]],"weather":["rain","thunder","clear","calm"],"plain":"The crew experienced light winds, rain, and a heavy thunderstorm early in the morning, followed by calms and a northwest breeze.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-28","events":[],"lat":-6.2892,"lon":-34.8359,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat the 28th\nCalm with rain, at 5 O clock a m a breeze\nSpringing up from S.E. at 5.30 backed ship\nAt 6.30 took in main Royal, and stationed\nLookouts, at 7 am, three sails reported off our\nLee gurter, at 7.30, 4 sails in sight off\nOur weather beam. at 8 O clock broke\nOut main and after hole at 4 PM\nScrubbed paint work.","wind":[["first","","calm"],["middle","SE",""]],"weather":["calm","rain"],"plain":"After a calm morning with rain, a breeze came up. Several ships were sighted, and the crew broke out cargo from the main and after holds and scrubbed the paintwork.","where":"at sea","via":[[-34.875,-5.625]]},{"date":"1863-11-29","events":[],"lat":-7.6931,"lon":-34.7533,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 29th\nCommences with a nice breeze from S.E.\nAt 3 O clock am rain squalls. at 9 am\nTwo sails reported off starboard bow.\nAt 4 PM saw a sail, two points off Port\nBow. three miles off","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"]],"weather":["rain","squalls"],"plain":"The crew experienced rain squalls early in the morning and sighted several other ships throughout the day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-11-30","events":[],"lat":-9.097,"lon":-34.6708,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon Nov the 30th 1863) Passage To Sooloo Sea\nCommences with light wind, increasing\nS, E,. at 7 O clock two sails in sight.\nAt 4 P M got a Porpoise, 6.30 P M set\nMain Royal.","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"On passage to the Sulu Sea, the crew sighted two ships in the morning and caught a porpoise in the afternoon.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Crew caught a porpoise","quote":"got a Porpoise","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","place":"Sooloo Sea","plate":"nature.porpoises-a"},{"date":"1863-12-01","events":[],"lat":-10.403,"lon":-34.2673,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday Dec 1st 1863\nThis day commences strong\nwind from S. E. at 6.45 am took in\nMain Royal, and stationed lookouts\nAloft; at 7 Am, raised a sail of lee\n[struck: foward] Quarter, at 8 a m sent\nDown Fore Top Sail & bent an other\nAt 1 O clock P M mended the sail &\nput it below,","wind":[["first","SE","strong"]],"plain":"The crew posted lookouts, spotted a distant ship, and spent the day changing and repairing a torn sail.","where":"at sea","via":[[-34.625,-9.875]]},{"date":"1863-12-02","events":[],"lat":-11.5873,"lon":-33.465,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed the 2nd\nFine, with a nice breeze from the South\nAt 6.30 A m took in main Royal &\nstationed lookouts, at 7 a m a sail\nReported off weather beam, at 7.30\nPort watch broke out after hold, for\nBeef, at 8 O clock William Maccumber\nGot drunk and kicked up hell, &c","wind":[["whole","S","moderate"]],"plain":"Fine weather with a nice breeze from the south. The crew broke out beef from the hold, and at eight o'clock William Maccumber got drunk and caused trouble.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Crewman got drunk and caused trouble","quote":"William Maccumber Got drunk and kicked up hell","interest":3}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-03","events":[],"lat":-12.7715,"lon":-32.6628,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs the 3d\nCommences fine with a strong wind from\nS. E., at 7.30 a m four men kept on deck\nfor misbehavour, at 8 Oclock a m scraped\nFore & main Top Mast at 4 Oclock\nput Moccumber on duty, having been\nDischarged from duty by the Capt abour\n18 hours, on account of having a noise\nIn the house.","wind":[["first","SE","strong"]],"plain":"Four men were kept on deck as punishment for misbehavior. Later that afternoon, Moccumber was returned to duty after being suspended for 18 hours for making noise.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Crew punished for misbehavior and noise","quote":"four men kept on deck for misbehavour","interest":3,"topic":"punishments"},{"kind":"crew","title":"Moccumber put back on duty","quote":"put Moccumber on duty, having been\nDischarged from duty by the Capt abour\n18 hours, on account of having a noise\nIn the house","topic":"punishments"}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-04","events":[],"lat":-13.9558,"lon":-31.8605,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fri the 4th\nCommences Fine with a S E wind. at 5 am\nflying jib halyards parted spliced &\nRove them again. at 6.30 am furled\nMain Royal & stationed Lookouts\nAloft. At 4 Oclock P.m. light showers","wind":[["first","SE",""]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Fine weather with light showers in the afternoon. The crew repaired a broken halyard, shortened sail, and stationed lookouts aloft.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-05","events":[],"lat":-15.14,"lon":-31.0582,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat the 5th\nCommences with a strong breeze from\nE.S.E. at 6.30 A M furled Royal.\nAnd stationed men aloft. Sighted\nA sail of our weather beam at 8\nOclock. run down accross W. S. W\n& showed English collars","wind":[["first","ESE","strong"]],"plain":"The crew sailed under a strong breeze and stationed men at the mastheads. They spotted a ship to windward, which ran down across their path and showed English colors.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-06","events":[],"lat":-16.3242,"lon":-30.256,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday Dec the 6th 1863.\nCommences with a nice breeze from ESE\nAt 6.30 A.M. furlled main Royal and\nstationed lookouts aloft. At 3 O Clock\nP.M. wind decreasing, at sun down\nSet main Royal.","wind":[["first","ESE","moderate"]],"plain":"Routine sailing in nice breezes with lookouts stationed aloft; no whales were seen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-07","events":[],"lat":-17.5085,"lon":-29.4537,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon the 7th\nThis day commences with moderate\nwinds from E.S.E. standing on Port\nstearing by the wind heading S by E\nAt 6.30 a am took in main Royal &\nStationed Lookouts aloft, at 8 am\nBroke out fore hold, at 4 o clock\nP.M. served head stays, at 4.15 P.M.\nSighted a sail, steering N. as Een","wind":[["first","ESE","moderate"]],"plain":"Routine sailing in moderate winds as the crew broke out cargo from the fore hold, worked on the rigging, and sighted a distant ship.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-08","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"right","count":null}],"lat":-18.6927,"lon":-28.6514,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday 8th\nThis day good weather & a nice bruze from NE\nHedding E.S.E. at daylight kept of steered\nS.E. and took in M. Royal. and maned the\nMast heads. at 4.30 PM raised right whale\nOff our lee beam but lost run of them as\nthey wer going quick to windward.","wind":[["whole","NE","moderate"]],"plain":"Under fine weather and a nice breeze, the crew sighted right whales off the lee beam in the afternoon, but lost track of them as they moved quickly upwind.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-09","events":[],"lat":-19.877,"lon":-27.8492,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday Dec the [struck: 8th] ^9th 1863\nThis day commences with light wind from N,E\nAt daylight cleued up and furled M, Royal\n& Stationed mast heads. Aloft, imployed in\nfitting a stand & Hoope for a man to stand\nAt the Mizen. at 10..20 wind increasing and\nLight rain squalls through the rest of the day","wind":[["first","NE","light"]],"weather":["rain","squalls"],"plain":"Light winds blew from the northeast. The crew took in the main royal sail, posted lookouts at the mastheads, and built a lookout stand and hoop at the mizzenmast.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-10","events":[],"lat":-21.0612,"lon":-27.0469,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 10th\nThis day commences with light wind from N,\nAt daylight took in, M, Royal and stationed\nLookouts aloft, served Flying Penants. at 8 O\nClock a stick calm, at 2 PM light showers\nOf rain at 7 PM rainy and pretty thick,\nTook in F T Mast Studing sail at 11 PM,","wind":[["first","N","light"],["first","","calm"]],"weather":["calm","rain"],"plain":"The crew kept lookouts posted aloft amid light winds and calm conditions, followed by rain and thick weather later in the day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-11","events":[],"lat":-22.2455,"lon":-26.2446,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fri the 11th\nCommences with light wind & all points of the\nCompass. at 8 Oclock wind stationary at N.E,\nSet Top Mast Studingsail and stered South\nAt 2 PM light wind from ENE, at 8 AM\nHauled down the Studing sail.","wind":[["first","variable","light"],["first","NE",""],["first","ENE","light"]],"plain":"The crew sailed south under light winds and routine sail changes; no whales were seen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-12","events":[],"lat":-23.4297,"lon":-25.4424,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday Dec the 12th 1863\nThis day commences with light wind and rain\nstanding on Port tack by the wind heading\nS.S.W. at 5 O clk wind hauled into N.E. set\nTop mast studing sail and stood off on our\nCourse. at 5-30 a m took in Main Royal &\nstationed Lookouts at Fore, Main & Mizin","wind":[["first","","light"],["middle","NE",""]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Light winds and rain brought routine sailing as the ship headed on course, with lookouts stationed at every masthead.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-13","events":[],"lat":-24.614,"lon":-24.6401,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun the 13th.\nCommences with light wind from E.S.E.\nstanding on Port tack by the wind heading\nS at sunrise took in M Royal and set mast\nHeads. at 7 PM O clock set it again","wind":[["first","ESE","light"]],"plain":"The ship sailed on the left tack under light winds, with crewmen posting lookouts at the mastheads at sunrise.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-14","events":[],"lat":-25.7982,"lon":-23.8378,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon the 14th\nCommences with winds from E.S.E. on port\ntack sharp on the wind heading S. (Course S by E)\nAt 7 AM called all hands and broke out\nProvisions on starboard side between Fore &\nMain hatches. coopered & restowed them,","wind":[["first","ESE",""]],"plain":"The crew spent the day reorganizing provisions, breaking out stores between the hatches on the right side to cooper and restow them.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-15","events":[],"lat":-26.9825,"lon":-23.0356,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday Dec the 15th 1863.\nFirst with light winds from E. S. E. Ship by the\nwind heading S. (course S. by. E) hauled our\nthe Provisions on Port side and coopered\nthem and stowed back again\n\n[drawing]\n84 Bbls\nL.B No 1","wind":[["first","ESE","light"]],"plain":"The crew hauled out provisions on the port side, coopered the casks, and stowed them back again.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-16","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":-28.1667,"lon":-22.2333,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed the 16th}\nLat 28.10 S. Long 22.14 W\nThis day commences with a fine breeze from\nE.S.E. with clear weather heading South at 9.30\nA.M. raised Whales, at 10 30 a m Lowered the\nBoats L B getting one at 3.30 brought him\nAlong side & commenced to cut &ce at\ndark quit and set the watch.","wind":[["first","ESE","moderate"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"The crew spotted whales in the morning and put out the boats. The left-side boat took one whale, brought it alongside by late afternoon, and began stripping the blubber until dark.","where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1863-12-17","events":[],"lat":-28.5824,"lon":-19.6237,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday Dec the 17th 1863\nCommences with clear and fine weather\nCalled all hands at day light and commense\ncutting. Started the works at 5 O clock\nP.M. Bailed the case and wore ship and\nstood to the southward. at 7 P.M. set the watch","weather":["clear"],"plain":"The crew was called at daylight to begin stripping blubber, and they fired up the try-works at 5 p.m. to boil oil. After bailing the case of the whale's head, they turned the ship southward.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.cutting-c"},{"date":"1863-12-18","events":[],"lat":-28.9982,"lon":-17.0141,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fri the 18th\nThis day commences with light wind from\nE. with clear weather. steering southing at\nDay light-saw a Bark. - Employed in boiling","wind":[["first","E","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear weather with light winds as the ship steered south. The crew spotted a bark at daylight and spent the day boiling blubber into oil.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-c"},{"date":"1863-12-19","events":[],"lat":-29.4139,"lon":-14.4045,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat the 19th\nCommences with light wind from N.N.W\nsteering S.E. by. E. with pretty weather\nAt Daylight- saw a Bark bearing\nS.W. (Employed in boiling)","wind":[["first","NNW","light"]],"plain":"Under light winds and pleasant weather, the crew was busy boiling blubber. At daylight, they sighted a bark to the southwest.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-20","events":[],"lat":-29.8296,"lon":-11.7949,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun the 20th\nFine, with a nice breeze from N. steering\nS.E. by E. at 1.30 A.M all the Blubber\ntryed out and 85 Bbls of oil turned\nAt - 9 am watch went-below.","wind":[["whole","N","moderate"]],"plain":"Fine weather with a nice breeze. The crew finished boiling down all the blubber by 1:30 a.m., yielding 85 barrels of oil.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-21","events":[],"lat":-30.2454,"lon":-9.1853,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday Dec the 21st 1863.\nCommences with strong winds from N W\nwith thick weather bark steering S E. 1/2 E\nAt daylight commences breaking out\nMain hold and stowed down Thru Cask\nOf oil. At 6 O Clock PM washed off Decks\nAt Sun down set main Royal.","wind":[["first","NW","strong"]],"plain":"The crew broke out the main hold and stowed down three casks of oil, then washed the decks in the evening.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.stowing-a"},{"date":"1863-12-22","events":[],"lat":-30.6611,"lon":-6.5757,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues the 22nd\nCommences with strong winds from N.W\nAt daylight saw a Brig steering S.E. by E.\nCommenced stowing in fore hold\n& put 45 Bbls below","wind":[["first","NW","strong"]],"plain":"Strong winds blew from the northwest. The crew saw a brig and worked on stowing 45 barrels of oil down into the fore hold.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-23","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"finback","count":null}],"lat":-31.0769,"lon":-3.9661,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed the 23d\nCommences with strong winds from N.W\nwith thick and heavy weather &c steering\nS E 1/2 S at daylight commenced to stow\nDown in M hold. saw a French Bark\nSteering S. E. by E., At 2 Pm finished\nstowing down. saw a number of Fin Backs","wind":[["first","NW","strong"]],"plain":"In thick, heavy weather and strong winds, the crew spent the morning storing oil in the main hold, finishing by early afternoon. They sighted a French bark and a number of finback whales.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-24","events":[],"lat":-31.4926,"lon":-1.3565,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday Dec the 24th 1863\nCommences with light winds from N.W.\nwith thick weather. a Ship steering S E by E\nAt daylight saw a Bark stearing S E [illegible] at 9\nO. clk. saw a Schooner stearing the same\nAt Sun down set M. Royal.","wind":[["first","NW","light"]],"plain":"Thick weather with light winds. The crew sighted several passing vessels throughout the day, including a ship, a bark, and a schooner, but had no contact with them.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-25","events":[],"lat":-31.9083,"lon":1.2531,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fri the 25th\nThis day commences with Light winds from N. W\nAt 8. A M hauled into the S. with thick weath[er]\nAt 9.45 Am took in M Royal.","wind":[["first","NW","light"]],"plain":"Light winds and thick weather; no whales were seen on Christmas Day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-26","events":[],"lat":-32.3241,"lon":3.8626,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat the 26th\nCommences with light wind from. S. E. head^ing^\nS. S. W. thick heavy weather at 4 Pm\nWashed of decks & sides. ---------","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"The crew washed the decks and ship's sides under light winds and thick, heavy weather. No whales were seen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-27","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"finback","count":null}],"lat":-32.7398,"lon":6.4722,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun the 27th\nMorderate winds from E. S. E. thick & foggy\nAt daylight saw a number of Fin Backs\nAt 7 a am saw a sail steering S. at 4\nP m set Top Mast Studing sail\nWind from N E sturing S. E.","wind":[["whole","ESE","moderate"],["whole","NE",""]],"weather":["fog"],"plain":"They sailed in moderate winds and thick, foggy weather, sighting a number of finback whales at daylight and spotting another ship in the distance.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-28","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"finback","count":null}],"lat":-33.1555,"lon":9.0818,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon The 28th\nCommences with strong winds from N. with\nthick weather. sturing SE Topmast-\nstuding sail out: saw several Fin Backs\nGot a Porpoise and made him sugr\nAt-sun down set M. Royal","wind":[["first","N","strong"]],"plain":"Strong winds and thick weather brought sightings of several finback whales. The crew caught a porpoise and \"made him sugar.\"","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Caught a porpoise","quote":"Got a Porpoise and made him sugr","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1863-12-29","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"finback","count":null}],"lat":-33.5713,"lon":11.6914,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues The 29th\nCommences with light winds from the S.W.\n& thick fogg ship sturing S.E. saw a sail\nBearing N.W. at 7.30 PM saw several Fin Backs\n[drawing: ship, whaleboats, and whale flukes]","wind":[["first","SW","light"]],"weather":["fog"],"plain":"Light winds and thick fog. The crew sighted another vessel and saw several finback whales in the evening.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-30","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"lost","species":"sperm","count":1}],"lat":-33.987,"lon":14.301,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed The 30th Light winds from W & thick weather\nsturing SE 1/2 S., at 7 Am crew employed\nIn repairing M Topmast at 12.30 Black\nRaised a school of sperm whales lowered\nSB struck one and stove him and to\nBugery he went all through carlesness.","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"plain":"The crew put boats out for a school of sperm whales. The right-side boat harpooned one, but lost it due to sheer carelessness.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Whale lost through carelessness","quote":"to Bugery he went all through carlesness","interest":3}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1863-12-31","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":"right","count":null}],"lat":-34.4027,"lon":16.9106,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs The 31st\nCommences with light winds from S.W. clear.\nship seering SE 1/2 S. employed in setting up\nM. T Rigging, saw right-whales\nLowered but did not strike","wind":[["first","SW","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"The crew worked on the rigging under clear skies and light winds. They sighted right whales and put boats out to chase them, but did not manage to harpoon any.","where":"at sea","plate":"chase.right-b"},{"date":"1864-01-01","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":"right","count":null}],"lat":-34.8185,"lon":19.5202,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday Jan the 1st-1864\nCommences with light-winds from N.N.W.\nClear weather. Steiring S.E. 1/2 S. at daylight-\nRaised Right Whales. Lowered pulled & sailed\nAll the fore noon but without success.","wind":[["first","NNW","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Light winds and clear weather. At daylight, they spotted right whales and put the boats out, rowing and sailing after them all morning without success.","where":"at sea","plate":"chase.right-a"},{"date":"1864-01-02","events":[],"lat":-34.7187,"lon":22.2434,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat the 2d\nCommences with light winds from N.W.W. thick\nWeather, steering S E 1/2. E. at day light broke\nOut-water & Pork. at 4 Pm washed off decks","wind":[["first","NW by W","light"]],"plain":"The crew sailed through thick weather, broke out water and pork provisions, and washed down the decks.","where":"at sea","via":[[19.875,-34.875]]},{"date":"1864-01-03","events":[],"lat":-34.5379,"lon":24.9844,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun the 3d\nCommences with strong winds from N.W.\nwith thick weather. steering S. E. at 3 Pm took\nIn M T S sail. doublet reefed topsails\nAt 7 PM. a strong gale from W. S. W.","wind":[["first","NW","strong"],["middle","WSW","gale"]],"weather":["gale"],"plain":"The ship faced strong winds and thick weather, which worsened to a heavy gale by evening as the crew reduced sail.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-01-04","events":[],"lat":-34.357,"lon":27.7255,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon the 4th\nStrong winds from S. W. steering S. E. by E. sent\ndown the Spanker and repaired, at 3 P M\nsent it up again. At 7 Pm wind from\nthe N. W & W. steering S. E. by. E. Doubled\nthe Cape of Good Hope.","wind":[["first","SW","strong"],["middle","NW",""]],"plain":"Strong winds carried the ship as the crew repaired and reset the spanker sail. That evening, they rounded the Cape of Good Hope.","where":"near land","place":"Cape of Good Hope","at":"cape-of-good-hope"},{"date":"1864-01-05","events":[],"lat":-34.6421,"lon":30.3549,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday Jan the 5th 1864\nCommencis\nwith a heavy gale from W.N.W. steering\nS.E. at 5 Oclock took in Fore Topsail\nAnd mainsail and scuded under\nClose reefed Main Topsail & Foresail\nAt 10 A.M. set F Topsail, at 2 P.M.\nTurned one reef out the Topsails. [illegible] heavy!","wind":[["first","WNW","gale"]],"weather":["gale"],"plain":"The ship weathered a heavy gale, running before the wind under reduced sail before the weather began to moderate.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-01-06","events":[],"lat":-34.9272,"lon":32.9843,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed the 6th\nStrong wind from S.W. with thick weather\nship steering S.E. at 7 a m saw a Brig\nsteering S.E.½E. sent down M, Royal\nFor repairs. struck a porpoise and\nHe walked off with iron an line","wind":[["whole","SW","strong"]],"plain":"Strong winds and thick weather continued. The crew sent down the main royal sail for repairs and harpooned a porpoise, but it escaped with both the harpoon and the line.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Porpoise escaped with harpoon and line","quote":"struck a porpoise and He walked off with iron an line","interest":3}],"where":"at sea","plate":"nature.porpoises-a"},{"date":"1864-01-07","events":[],"lat":-35.2123,"lon":35.6137,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs the 7th\nCalm & clear at day light saw a Brig\nAt 8 a.m breeze from E.N.E. colked\nthe poop deck. at 30 m, P.m broke\nout after hole for Peas, & molasses\nAnd stoued off again. at sundown\nset Main Royal.","wind":[["first","","calm"],["middle","ENE",""]],"weather":["calm","clear"],"plain":"The crew caulked the poop deck, brought up peas and molasses from the after hold, and saw a brig at daylight.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-01-08","events":[],"lat":-35.4973,"lon":38.2432,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday Jan the 8th 1/64\nCommences with light wind from N E\nSteering S. E. by. E. took a boat of[struck: f] the\ntry works and fitted her for whaleing\n& put her up again. at 3.30 P m sent\na boat on board an English bark with\nLetters for the. Capt & wife and officers\nNot allowing the crew to send letters home\nMy only wish is; may God put a curse on\nhim","wind":[["first","NE","light"]],"plain":"The crew readied a boat for whaling. In the afternoon, they sent a boat to an English bark with letters only from the captain, his wife, and officers, prompting the keeper to curse the captain for forbidding the crew from writing home.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Keeper cursed captain for barring crew's mail","quote":"Not allowing the crew to send letters home My only wish is; may God put a curse on him","interest":2,"topic":"letters"}],"where":"at sea","plate":"life.letters-a"},{"date":"1864-01-09","events":[],"lat":-35.7824,"lon":40.8726,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat- 9th\nStrong wind from S. and thick weather.\nat 5 Pm double reefed Fore Topsail\nFurled jib & Spanker. at Sun down\nBlowing a morderate gale from the S","wind":[["first","S","strong"],["first","S","gale"]],"weather":["gale"],"plain":"Strong winds and thick weather blew in from the south, turning into a moderate gale by sundown as the crew reduced sail.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-01-10","events":[],"lat":-36.0675,"lon":43.502,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun the 10\nStrong winds from N at sundown\ntook in main sail. Blowing a strong\nGale from N. E.","wind":[["first","N","strong"],["middle","NE","gale"]],"weather":["gale"],"plain":"The ship faced strong winds from the north, worsening to a gale from the northeast by nightfall, forcing the crew to take in the mainsail.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-01-11","events":[],"lat":-36.3526,"lon":46.1314,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon the 11th\nStrong wind from N W with thick weather.\nat 4 Pm Split Fore Topmast Studing Sail hold\n& repaired it again. broke our water out of fore","wind":[["whole","NW","strong"]],"plain":"Strong winds and thick weather brought routine work. The crew split and repaired the fore-topmast studding sail and broke out drinking water from the fore hold.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-01-12","events":[],"lat":-36.6377,"lon":48.7608,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday Jan the 12/64\nCommences with a\nGale from the W thick and cold weather\nSteering S E. by. E. at 6.15. am split Fore\nTopsail and sent it down and sent up\nAnother one","wind":[["first","W","gale"]],"weather":["gale"],"plain":"A westerly gale brought thick, cold weather. After the foretopsail split, the crew brought it down and replaced it with another.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-01-13","events":[],"lat":-36.9228,"lon":51.3902,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed the 13th\nStrong wind from S. W. thick weather at-\n10 Am sent down mainsail for repairs\nat 2 Pm sent down spanker for same\nRepaired and sent them up again","wind":[["whole","SW","strong"]],"plain":"The crew brought down the mainsail and the spanker to make repairs in strong winds and thick weather, then set them back up.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-01-14","events":[],"lat":-37.2079,"lon":54.0196,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs the 14th\nCommences with light wind from N.N.W\nSteering S. E. by E. Cut up old Fore Topsail\nFor an awning to the overhead boats.\nDried sails &c 4 Pm washed off Decks","wind":[["first","NNW","light"]],"plain":"The crew cut up an old fore topsail to make an awning for the overhead boats, dried the sails, and washed down the decks.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-01-15","events":[],"lat":-37.493,"lon":56.649,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fri the 15th\nStrong wind from E.N.E. steering. S.E. thick\nweather. employed in breaking out Beef\n& Bread at sundown blowing strong.","wind":[["first","ENE","strong"],["middle","","strong"]],"plain":"Strong winds and thick weather. The crew spent the day unpacking beef and bread from the hold.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-01-16","events":[],"lat":-37.778,"lon":59.2785,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday Jan the 16th. 1864\nCommences with\nWith strong wind from N.E. thick weather\nShip steering S. E. by. E. nothing remarkabl\nOccured through the day.","wind":[["first","NE","strong"]],"plain":"Strong winds and thick weather; nothing remarkable occurred throughout the day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-01-17","events":[],"lat":-38.0631,"lon":61.9079,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun the 17th\nMorderate wind from N.E. and thick weather\nsteering S E. Last night Capt Beebe took the\nkey of the pantry door & put it under his [struck: nige]\nHead so that no one could see the few Pans\n& plates which that place contained there was\nnothing else to be seen, for the grub had long\nsince been removed nights to the after cabin","wind":[["whole","NE","moderate"]],"plain":"Under thick weather, Captain Beebe took to sleeping with the pantry key under his head so no one could see the few plates left inside, all food having long since been moved to the cabin at night.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Captain guarded the empty pantry key","quote":"","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1864-01-18","events":[],"lat":-38.3482,"lon":64.5373,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon the 18th\nCommences with light wind from N.E. steering E by S.\nBroke out for Meat. at 4 PM washed off decks\nAt sun down set M. Royal","wind":[["first","NE","light"]],"plain":"The crew sailed under light winds, broke out meat provisions from the hold, and washed down the decks.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-01-19","events":[],"lat":-38.6333,"lon":67.1667,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tues the 19th\nCommences with light winds from N E heading\nS.E. by E. at noon in the Latt 38..38 S Long 68.10 E","wind":[["first","NE","light"]],"plain":"Routine sailing with light winds; no whales seen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-01-20","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"finback","count":null},{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"killer","count":null}],"lat":-38.3662,"lon":70.6338,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed the 20\nMorderate wind from N by E heading E. saw a number\nof Fin Backs & a school of killers","wind":[["whole","N by E","moderate"]],"plain":"They sailed east under moderate winds from the north-northeast, spotting several finback whales and a school of killer whales.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-01-21","events":[],"lat":-38.0991,"lon":74.1009,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday Jan the 21st 1864\nCommences with\nMorderate wind from N. sturing E. at 3.15 a m\ntook in Fore & main Topgaltlansail hauled\nUp the courses & kept a good look out for land\nBut was not in sight at daylight the Chronom[eter]\nBeing 30 miles out the way.","wind":[["first","N","moderate"]],"plain":"The crew shortened sail and kept a sharp lookout for land, but saw none at daylight because the chronometer was thirty miles off.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Chronometer found thirty miles off","quote":"the Chronom[eter] Being 30 miles out the way","interest":3}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-01-22","events":[],"lat":-37.832,"lon":77.568,"fixed":true,"entry":"Fri the 22nd\nCommences with light winds from N heading WSW\nAt 12 Oclock (midnight) raised the land bearing\nS. distance about 5 leagues. took in sail and\n& layed until daylight then called all hands\nAnd sent three boats in at Amsterdam a fish[ing]\nAt 2 PM boats returned with six Bbls of fish\nSaw a Brig laying there at anchor.\n\nIsland of Amsterdam Indian Ocean\n[drawing]","wind":[["first","N","light"]],"plain":"They sighted Amsterdam Island at midnight and waited until daylight. The crew sent three boats ashore to fish, returning with six barrels of fish, and saw an unidentified brig anchored there.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Boats caught six barrels of fish","quote":"sent three boats in at Amsterdam a fish[ing]\nAt 2 PM boats returned with six Bbls of fish","topic":"animals"}],"where":"near land","place":"Amsterdam Island","at":"ile-amsterdam"},{"date":"1864-01-23","events":[],"lat":-36.3734,"lon":79.9531,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat the 23d Commences with light winds from N. sturing E.S.E\nAt daylight broke out for beef & water. watch\nEmployed in cleaning & salting Fish","wind":[["first","N","light"]],"plain":"Light winds continued as the crew broke out beef and water, and the watch spent the day cleaning and salting fish.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-01-24","events":[],"lat":-34.9148,"lon":82.3382,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday Jan the 24th /64\nCommences with light\nwinds from N ship sturing South at sundown\nSet main Royal","wind":[["first","N","light"]],"plain":"Routine sailing with light winds from the north.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-01-25","events":[],"lat":-33.4562,"lon":84.7234,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon the 25th\nStrong winds from N sturing E. by S. after\nBreakfast all hands were courtmartialed, some\nBody cast adrift & thren overboard a tub of\nfish heads Which were salted by Capt Beebe\npersonally, and these few stale fish heads after\nLaying in the hot sun before being salted was\nthe only part of the fish any man was allowed\nto eat fresh, Was'nt that a sight for a Father","wind":[["whole","N","strong"]],"plain":"Strong winds blew as the ship steered east by south. After breakfast, Captain Beebe held an inquiry because someone threw overboard a tub of stale fish heads he had salted personally—the only fresh fish the crew had been allowed to eat.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Crew interrogated over dumped fish heads","quote":"all hands were courtmartialed, some Body cast adrift & thren overboard a tub of fish heads","interest":3,"topic":"punishments"},{"kind":"voice","title":"Keeper mocked the captain's miserable rations","quote":"Was'nt that a sight for a Father","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1864-01-26","events":[],"lat":-31.9976,"lon":87.1085,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues the 26th\nCommences with strong winds from N sturing E.\nAnd leaving the Amsterdam fish heads far a stern","wind":[["first","N","strong"]],"plain":"The ship sailed east before strong north winds, leaving the \"Amsterdam fish heads\" far astern.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Left Amsterdam Island far behind","quote":"leaving the Amsterdam fish heads far a stern","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","place":"Amsterdam","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1864-01-27","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"finback","count":null}],"lat":-30.539,"lon":89.4936,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed the 27th\nThis day light winds from N. sturing E at day light\nSaw a number of Fin Backs. Watch employed\nIn seting up mizen stay","wind":[["whole","N","light"]],"plain":"Light winds. At daylight they saw a number of finback whales while the crew worked on the rigging.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-01-28","events":[],"lat":-29.0804,"lon":91.8787,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs the 28th\nCommences with light winds from E sturing N.N.E. at\n11 a m rainy wind hauled N.E. steered E by N.","wind":[["first","E","light"],["first","NE",""]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Routine sailing with light winds, rain, and shifting courses. No whales seen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-01-29","events":[],"lat":-27.6219,"lon":94.2638,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday Jan the 29 / 64\nLight wind from W.\nClear weather at 5.30 min: PM broke out for\nwater morderate through the day","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Light winds and clear weather; the crew broke out fresh water from the hold.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-01-30","events":[],"lat":-26.1633,"lon":96.6489,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat the 30th\nStrong wind from S. E. sturing N,E, thick weather\nAt 2 Pm wind hawled into the E. stured NE by N","wind":[["first","SE","strong"],["first","E",""]],"plain":"They sailed in thick weather with strong winds, with nothing else reported.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-01-31","events":[],"lat":-24.7047,"lon":99.0341,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun the 31st\nStrong wind from S. E. heading E. by S, at 4 30[superscript: A]m\nLoosed Fore Top gallant sail & split it in sitin[illegible]\nit at daylight commenced to repair it at 7\nAM took in Fore Topmast Studingsail","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"plain":"Strong winds blew as the ship sailed eastward. While setting the fore topgallant sail early in the morning, the crew split it and began making repairs at daylight.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-02-01","events":[],"lat":-23.2461,"lon":101.4192,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday Feb the 1st / 64\nCommences with strong wind from S E, sturing\nE.N.E. At 5 AM doubled reefed fore Topsail\nAt 8 am turned them out again broke out\nfor water at sun down blowing strong from [superscript: quarter] same","wind":[["first","SE","strong"],["latter","SE","strong"]],"plain":"Strong winds blew from the southeast as the ship steered east-northeast. The crew handled sails in the morning and broke out fresh water from the hold.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-02-02","events":[],"lat":-21.7875,"lon":103.8043,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tus the 2nd\nStrong winds from S. with thick weather stering\nNE. E. at 4 am at 4 broke out Park at sun\nDown blowing strong from S. set M Royal and\nWe are kooping on our course so ends the light of day","wind":[["first","S","strong"],["middle","S","strong"]],"plain":"Strong winds and thick weather blew from the south as the ship kept on its course, breaking out pork in the afternoon.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-02-03","events":[],"lat":-20.3289,"lon":106.1894,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday Feb. the 3d 1864\nCommences with\nstrong winds from S. steering N.N.E. at day light\nCommenced to break out after hold for molasses\n&c at 4 PM knocked of as usual and so ends","wind":[["first","S","strong"]],"plain":"Strong winds blew from the south. At daylight, the crew began breaking out the after hold for molasses and other provisions, wrapping up work at 4 p.m.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-02-04","events":[],"lat":-18.8703,"lon":108.5745,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs the 4th\nClear with light wind from the southward\nSteering N.N.E. at 8 a m set up head stays at\n1 PM set up Mizen. & Mizen Top mast stays.","wind":[["whole","S","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear weather with light winds from the south. The crew spent the day tightening stays in the rigging while steering north-northeast.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-02-05","events":[],"lat":-17.4117,"lon":110.9596,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fri the 5th\nCommences clear with strong southerly winds.\nSteering, N.E. by N. employed in puttying new boats\nAnd getting them ready to put on the cranes.","wind":[["first","S","strong"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear weather with strong southerly winds. The crew spent the day puttying new whaleboats and preparing them for the cranes.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-02-06","events":[],"lat":-15.9531,"lon":113.3448,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat the 6th\nCommences with strong winds from southward\nAnd clear steering N.E. by N. at 11.30 a m commence[struck: d]\nBlowing & raining, at 2 PM under close reefed\nTopsails for the first time at 3 Pm called all\nHands furled main sail & fore Topsail.\nAt 4 furled Fore sail. at sundown blowing\nA heavy gale from the W. N. W.","wind":[["first","S","strong"],["latter","WNW","gale"]],"weather":["clear","rain","gale"],"plain":"Strong winds and rain worsened into a heavy gale by sunset, forcing the crew to take in almost all sail.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-02-07","events":[],"lat":-14.4945,"lon":115.7299,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday morn Feb the 7th 1864\nCommences with\nA morderate gale from the Westward sturing\nN. E. by N. at day light made sail & turned down\nthe boats at sun down light wind from N. W.\nAnd a heavy sea running","wind":[["first","W","gale"],["latter","NW","light"]],"weather":["gale","heavy sea"],"plain":"The ship faced a moderate westerly gale and heavy seas, setting more sail at daylight.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-02-08","events":[],"lat":-13.0359,"lon":118.115,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon the 8th\nCommences clear with a light Breze, from N.W.\nsturing N E by N. at work on new boats [struck: L.D] [insertion: wind] light","wind":[["first","NW","light"],["whole","","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear skies with light breezes; the crew worked on the new whaleboats.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-02-09","events":[],"lat":-11.5773,"lon":120.5001,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues the 9th\nLight wind from N.W clear weather, sturing\nN. E. by N set up M Royal rigging, and broke\nout water, at 3 P m wind hauled to westward\nSet Topmast studing sail and stured N. E","wind":[["first","NW","light"],["middle","W",""]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear weather and light winds; the crew set up rigging and brought up fresh water from the hold.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-02-10","events":[],"lat":-10.117,"lon":122.883,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed the 10th\nLight wind from the westward and clear\nsturing N. E. by. N at daylight commenced to\nBreak out main Hold for bread. Set men\nStarbord & moist boats.","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"The crew sailed under light winds and clear skies, breaking out the main hold at daylight to get bread.","where":"at sea","via":[[122.875,-10.125]]},{"date":"1864-02-11","events":[],"lat":-8.6,"lon":125.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thursday Feb the 11the /64\nThis day commences with light wind from S\nsteering N. E. by N. at daylight land in sight\nBebring N (heading NE) saw a bark\nAhead hove to and flying English colors\nAltered our course and attempted to run\nAway from her thinking she was a pirate\nBut finally we let her come up with us\nIt proved to be the Fanne of London\nBound to Changhai sent a boat on board\nTo get the Capt- who called himself\nWilson, he took letters for us and said\nHe would mail them free of expence\nEntered the straits of Timore.","wind":[["first","S","light"]],"plain":"They sighted land and spotted a bark flying English colors. Suspecting it was a pirate, they tried to flee, but eventually let the bark catch up; it was the Fanny of London, whose captain offered to mail their letters.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Fled from a suspected pirate ship","quote":"attempted to run Away from her thinking she was a pirate","interest":4},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Fanne","rig":"bark","port":"London","captain":"Wilson","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"near land","place":"straits of Timore","via":[[123.875,-9.125]],"plate":"gam.spoke-a"},{"date":"1864-02-12","events":[],"lat":-8.95,"lon":124.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Fri the 12th\npany\nLight S W. winds steering N E in com\nwith Fanny, at daylight were in sight\nof the island of Timore at 11 30 sighted\nA steamer showing Dutch colors.","wind":[["whole","SW","light"]],"plain":"Light winds as they steered northeast alongside the Fanny. At daylight they sighted the island of Timor, and later saw a steamer flying Dutch colors.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Fanny","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"near land","place":"island of Timore","plate":"gam.spoke-b"},{"date":"1864-02-13","events":[],"lat":-8.775,"lon":124.875,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat the 13th\nLight wind from westward steering down\nthe Strait in company with Fanny.","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"plain":"Light winds blew from the west as the ship steered down the strait alongside the Fanny.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Fanny","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"near land","plate":"gam.spoke-c"},{"date":"1864-02-14","events":[],"lat":-8.6,"lon":125.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sunday Feb the 14 th\nCommences with\nLight N, W, wind, at daylight Land on\nBoth sides saw the Fanny in shore of\nUs, Passed the Strait of Timore\nSteering N, E,.","wind":[["first","NW","light"]],"plain":"With light northwest winds, land was visible on both sides at daylight. The ship saw the Fanny closer to shore and passed through the Strait of Timor, steering northeast.","where":"near land","place":"Strait of Timore"},{"date":"1864-02-15","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":-7.9336,"lon":125.4943,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon the 15 th\nCommences with light wind from W\nSteering N, E, at 8 am set a new Bow\nBoat on the cranes saw a school of Blk\nFish at sun down took in sail and\nSet boat crews watchis.","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"plain":"The crew mounted a new bow boat on the cranes and saw a school of pilot whales. At sunset, they reduced sail and set the boat crews on watch.","where":"at sea","via":[[125.45,-8.15]]},{"date":"1864-02-16","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":2}],"lat":-7.0969,"lon":125.6654,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues the 16 th\nCommences with light westerly winds at\nDaylight the island of Bouro in sight\nCalled all hands at daylight and made\nSail at 1 Oclock, P.M. Mr Keith raised\nA school of whales going quik to windward\nLowered and got fast to 2 of them did not\nBring to, [drawing: two whales]","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"plain":"With Buru in sight, they lowered for a school of whales and struck two. Both are illustrated in the log; cutting and boiling followed over the next two days.","where":"near land","place":"Bouro","catch":2,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1864-02-17","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-6.2602,"lon":125.8366,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday Feb. 17th 1864\nAt daylight\nCalm, commenced to cut in, at 8 a m\nFinished cutting and stationed lookouts\naloft. at 10 a m (H Weeks) raised\nWhales going to windward lowered but\nReturned without success, started the works","wind":[["first","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"They finished cutting in at 8 a.m. Later they lowered for more whales but returned without success, then started the try-works.","where":"at sea","plate":"chase.sperm-b"},{"date":"1864-02-18","events":[],"lat":-5.4234,"lon":126.0077,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs the 18th\n[drawing: whale tail] Light westerly wind. at daylight broke\nout after hold for Beef, Pork & Beans\nAt 2 P.M got throug boiling, turned up 25 Blls","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"plain":"With light westerly winds, the crew brought up beef, pork, and beans from the hold at daybreak. By 2 p.m., they finished boiling blubber, yielding 25 barrels of oil.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-b"},{"date":"1864-02-19","events":[],"lat":-4.5867,"lon":126.1789,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid the 19th\nCommences with light-westerly wind. at\nDaylight saw a sail running down\nUnder the land","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"plain":"Light westerly winds; at daylight they saw a ship sailing along near the land.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-02-20","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-3.75,"lon":126.35,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat the 20th\nClear, light air from N.N.W. at 6 a m\nWas of the west end of Bouro, Squared\nthe yards & run off, at 2 P.m. (Cook) raised\n[drawing: whale tail] Whales. Larboard Boat went on darted\nTwo irons against a whale but they did not\nGo in. returned with nothing","wind":[["whole","NNW","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Off the west end of Bouro, the cook spotted whales in the afternoon. The crew sent a boat after them and threw two harpoons, but neither penetrated, and they returned empty-handed.","where":"near land","place":"Bouro","plate":"chase.sperm-c","at":"buru"},{"date":"1864-02-21","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":-3.75,"lon":126.35,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday Feb the 21th 1864\nCommences\nwith Light northrly winds 4.30 Pm\nRaised a large breach but did not\nSee any more of it","wind":[["first","N","light"]],"plain":"Light northerly winds. In the afternoon, the crew sighted a large breach from a whale, but saw nothing more of it.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-02-22","events":[],"lat":-3.75,"lon":126.35,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 22nd\nClear with Light wind from N, E,\nStanding off shore at daylight broke\nOut water & stowed down 20 Bbls of\nOil, Saw two malay Proal running\noff shore,","wind":[["whole","NE","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Sailing off the coast, the crew broke out fresh water, stowed down 20 barrels of oil, and saw two Malay proas sailing offshore.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Saw two Malay proas","quote":"Saw two malay Proal running off shore","interest":2}],"where":"near land","plate":"work.stowing-b"},{"date":"1864-02-23","events":[],"lat":-3.75,"lon":126.35,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tues the 23d\nCalm and clear at daylight commen [ced]\nto Rattle Fore rigging at 10 am had\nto nock of work on account of heat of\nthe Sun no one could stand it\nAt Sundown Bouro about 25 miles ,","wind":[["whole","","calm"]],"weather":["calm","clear"],"plain":"The crew began routine rigging work in calm, clear weather, but had to stop by mid-morning because the scorching heat was unbearable. By sunset, Bouro was about 25 miles away.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Crew stopped work due to unbearable heat","quote":"had to nock of work on account of heat of the Sun no one could stand it","interest":1}],"where":"near land","place":"Bouro","at":"buru"},{"date":"1864-02-24","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-3.8787,"lon":126.4787,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed the 24th\nLight eastly wind at daylight Land\n15 miles off finished ratling men\nemployed in ships duty through\n[drawing] the day at 5 Pm raised Whales Lowered\nB & Did not succeed in striking","wind":[["whole","E","light"]],"plain":"With light easterly winds and land fifteen miles off, the crew finished rigging work and attended to ship's duties. At 5 p.m., they sighted whales and put the boats out, but were unable to harpoon any.","where":"near land","plate":"chase.sperm-a"},{"date":"1864-02-25","events":[],"lat":-3.9455,"lon":126.6312,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday Feb the 25th 1864\nLight wind\nfrom N. E. at 10 A M raised a sail off\nOur weather Bow at 2 P. M. saw an\nOther standing in shore at sun\nDown, calm & clear.","wind":[["first","NE","light"],["middle","","calm"]],"weather":["calm","clear"],"plain":"Light winds and clear weather. The crew sighted two other ships during the day, one heading toward shore.","where":"near land","via":[[126.55,-3.95]]},{"date":"1864-02-26","events":[],"lat":-3.9354,"lon":126.8131,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fri the 26th\nCommences with a calm at 9 am,\nPumped a cask of water in Fore Hold\nAt 2 P m, three sails. at Sundown light\nBreeze from Westward","wind":[["first","","calm"],["middle","W","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"Started with calm conditions. The crew pumped a cask of water into the forward hold and sighted three ships in the afternoon.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-02-27","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-3.9253,"lon":126.9951,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat the 27th\nLight wind from Westward at day\nLight one sail in sight and land\n15 miles off. send down Fore Sail and\nRepaired and sent it up again\nAt 5 P M saw a breach 10 miles off","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"plain":"With light winds from the west, land was in sight fifteen miles away alongside another ship. The crew took down the foresail to repair it and set it back up, then saw a whale breach ten miles off in the evening.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-02-28","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-3.9152,"lon":127.1771,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun the 28th\n[drawing: whale tail] Light Westly winds raised Whales going\nTo windward Lowered and chased until\nDark but did not strike,","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"plain":"They sighted whales heading into the wind, put the boats out, and chased them until dark without harpooning any.","where":"at sea","plate":"chase.sperm-b"},{"date":"1864-02-29","events":[],"lat":-3.9051,"lon":127.359,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday The 29th 164\nCommences with\nLight westerly wind. at daylight-land about\n16 miles off at-7 A M had a heavy squall\nLasting 1 1/2 hours.","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"weather":["squalls"],"plain":"The crew sailed under light westerly winds and sighted land about 16 miles off at daylight. A heavy squall struck at 7 a.m. and lasted an hour and a half.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-03-01","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"finback","count":null}],"lat":-3.8949,"lon":127.541,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday March The 1st 1864\nCommences\nwith light winds from S.W. at daylight-\nLand about 15 miles off. saw several\nFin Backs","wind":[["first","SW","light"]],"plain":"With light southwest winds, the crew sighted land about 15 miles off at daylight and saw several finback whales.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-03-02","events":[],"lat":-3.8848,"lon":127.723,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed the 2nd\nClear with Light westerly winds at daylight\nLand 20 miles off. at 11 a m calm. at\n2 P.M. Light westerly wing sprang up.","wind":[["first","W","light"],["middle","","calm"],["latter","W","light"]],"weather":["clear","calm"],"plain":"Clear weather with light westerly winds and land twenty miles off. After a midday calm, a light breeze picked up again in the afternoon.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-03-03","events":[],"lat":-3.8747,"lon":127.9049,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs the 3d\nClear, with strong westerly wind at 4 Oclk\nHad a squall which took the jib with it-\nAt-daylight-sent it in and bent out an\nOther. at-3 P.M. broke main Top Gallant-\nCross Trees made a new horn and\nRuffed it-on.","wind":[["whole","W","strong"]],"weather":["clear","squalls"],"plain":"A morning squall tore away the jib, which the crew replaced at daylight. Later that afternoon, the main topgallant crosstrees broke, and they fashioned and fitted a new horn.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Squall tore away the jib","quote":"Had a squall which took the jib with it-","interest":3}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-03-04","events":[],"lat":-3.8646,"lon":128.0869,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday March the 4th 1864\nLight-winds\nFrom the westward, at daylight- called all\nHands, and made sail, Kahor 25 miles off\nEmployed in ripping, up old jib broke\nOut Fish (rot heads) sundown shortened sail","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"plain":"With light winds from the west, the crew made sail at daylight with Kahor 25 miles away. They spent the day ripping up an old jib sail and broke out fish provisions.","where":"near land","place":"Kahor"},{"date":"1864-03-05","events":[],"lat":-3.8545,"lon":128.2688,"fixed":false,"entry":"Satur the 5th\nThis day begins with light westerly winds and\nClear weather, at daylight- made sail.\nLand 15 miles off. saw a sail off our weather\nBeam, broke out after hold for pork and\nMolasses, coopered a number of casks of\nFlour, at sundown doubled reefed Topsails","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"With land 15 miles off, the crew broke out pork and molasses from the after hold and coopered casks of flour. They also sighted another ship.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-03-06","events":[],"lat":-3.7787,"lon":128.4213,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun the 6th\nCommences with light westerly winds, at-\nDaylight- land 12 miles off. saw a sail\nStanding in shore, at 1 Pm a rain squall\nSet in which lasted untill 7 P M.","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"weather":["rain","squalls"],"plain":"Light westerly winds. At daylight land was spotted twelve miles off, along with a ship heading inshore, followed by a rain squall that afternoon.","where":"near land","via":[[128.35,-3.85]]},{"date":"1864-03-07","events":[],"lat":-3.65,"lon":128.55,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mon the 7th\nMorderate winds from W [illegible] thick & squally,\nRainy strong in the night- saw a [illegible] Bark\nSighted the Islands of Ceran and Ambonia","wind":[["whole","W","moderate"]],"weather":["squalls","rain"],"plain":"They experienced moderate winds with thick, squally weather and heavy rain during the night. They sighted a bark and made out the islands of Ceran and Ambonia.","where":"near land","place":"Ceran and Ambonia"},{"date":"1864-03-08","events":[],"lat":-3.85,"lon":128.15,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tuesday March the 8th 1864\nCommences with\nLight westerly winds & clear weather at day\nLight the Island of Ambonia abour 20 miles\nOff bearing E S. E. sent down Fore Topsail &\nRepaired it - at 2 P M steerd E. by S. bent\nFore Topsail again","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"With light westerly winds and clear weather, the ship sighted the island of Ambonia about 20 miles away. The crew brought down the foretopsail to repair it, then put it back in place that afternoon.","where":"near land","place":"Island of Ambonia","via":[[128.25,-3.85]],"at":"ambon"},{"date":"1864-03-09","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed the 9th\nClear with Light wind from westward at\ndaylight- sighted the island of Banda (Volcano)\nBearing S E. at 10 a m saw a sail and\nRun down to her proved to be the Mary Frazier\nOf Bedford 40 months out with 1200 Bbls of\nOil. reported whales plenty &c gamd her.","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"At daylight, they sighted the volcanic island of Banda. Later that morning, they met and visited with the Mary Frazier of New Bedford, forty months into its voyage with 1,200 barrels of oil, whose crew reported plenty of whales.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Mary Frazier","rig":"","port":"Bedford","captain":"","months_out":40,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"near land","place":"Banda","plate":"gam.visit-c"},{"date":"1864-03-10","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs the 10th\nCommences with light wind from westward\nAnd clear at daylight Banda about 20 miles\nOff. sent doun main Top Sail lifts to repair","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"With light winds and clear skies, they sighted Banda about twenty miles away and repaired the main topsail lifts.","where":"near land","place":"Banda"},{"date":"1864-03-11","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":4},{"type":"whale","outcome":"lost","species":null,"count":2}],"lat":-3.8,"lon":129.5,"fixed":true,"entry":"Friday March the 11th /64\nCommences clear with.\nLight westerly wind at daylight about midway\nbetween Banda & Ceran. saw the Mary\nFrazier 10 miles to windward bound in to Banda\nCapt Taber being sick. at 10 clk raised\nWhales Lowered the boats struck 6 and\nSaved 4 each boat bringing one long side\n[drawing: four dead whales labeled \"LB\", \"SB\", \"WB\", \"BB\"]","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Cruising between Banda and Ceran, they saw the Mary Frazier heading into Banda because Captain Taber was sick. At 10 o'clock they spotted whales, put the boats out, harpooned six, and brought four alongside.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Mary Frazier headed into port with sick captain","quote":"bound in to Banda Capt Taber being sick.","interest":3,"topic":"sickness"}],"where":"near land","place":"Banda & Ceran","catch":4,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1864-03-12","events":[],"lat":-4.061,"lon":129.6333,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat the 12th\nClear with light wind from westward at\nDaylight commenced to cut at 8 am finished\n& started the works all hands employed in\ncutting & mincing tearing away the heads\nand boiling.","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"In clear weather with light westerly winds, the crew spent the day stripping blubber, mincing it, tearing into the whales' heads, and boiling the oil.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.cutting-c"},{"date":"1864-03-13","events":[],"lat":-4.322,"lon":129.7667,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun the 13th\nClear with light westerly winds at daylight\nthe Land 8 leagues off employed in boiling","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Under clear skies and light westerly winds, the crew boiled blubber with land visible about 24 miles away.","where":"near land","plate":"work.trying-a"},{"date":"1864-03-14","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":true,"entry":"Monday March the 14th/64\nClear with light [illegible] from\nthe westward, at 11,,30 P.m finished boiling\nWashed tubs & decks &c. at daylight Banda\n30 miles off. saw a large white water but saw\nNothing more of it","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"The crew finished boiling oil late in the evening and washed down the tubs and decks. At daylight, Banda was about 30 miles away, and they spotted a large patch of white water.","where":"near land","place":"Banda"},{"date":"1864-03-15","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues the 15-th\nThis day commences with light westerly wind\n& thick weather at daylight land 20 miles off\nAt 6 am cleaned out the pots, put takle\nOver main hatch broke out Starboard side\nAnd pumped water out of ground, and\nMade preperations for stowing down oil\nAt sundown land 10 miles of on weather beam","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"plain":"In foggy weather with land in sight, the crew cleaned the boiling pots, broke out the right side of the main hatch, pumped water, and prepared to store oil in the hold.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-03-16","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed the 16th\nCommences with light wind from westward\nAt daylight [struck: l] [illegible] 8 miles off commences to\nstow down, saw a sail, and school of B. fish\nGot through stowing down at 4 P.M.","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"plain":"With light westerly winds, the crew saw land eight miles away, sighted another ship, and spotted a school of pilot whales. They spent the day storing oil in the hold, finishing at 4 p.m.","where":"near land","plate":"work.stowing-c"},{"date":"1864-03-17","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs the 17th\nFine with light westerly wind, at daylight\nLand 10 miles off, at 4 PM washed ship\nInside and out-","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"plain":"Fine weather with light westerly winds. Land was sighted ten miles away at daylight, and the crew washed the ship inside and out in the afternoon.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-03-18","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":true,"entry":"Friday March the 18th 1864\nCommences with\nstrong wind from the westward. repaired\nflying jib & mizen stay sail. at sundown\nBanda about 30 miles off bearing E.N.E","wind":[["first","W","strong"]],"plain":"Strong westerly winds blew as the crew repaired sails. At sundown, Banda Island was in sight about 30 miles away.","where":"near land","place":"Banda"},{"date":"1864-03-19","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 19th\nCommences with wind from westward. at day\nLight Land 20 miles off. at 10 saw a large\nBreach run for it but did not see it again","wind":[["first","W",""]],"plain":"With land about 20 miles off at daylight, the crew spotted a whale breaching at ten in the morning and sailed toward it, but could not find it again.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-03-20","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun, 20\nCommences fine with light winds from W\nat daylight Land 20 miles off. at 5 30 am\nHeavy train. Spoke and gamed Ship Mary\nof Edgartown 30 months out with 800 Bbls oil\n[illegible] just come from China Sea reported\nWhales plenty at that place.","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"With land in sight, the crew met and gammed with the ship Mary of Edgartown, which had just arrived from the China Sea and reported that whales were plentiful there.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Met a ship reporting plenty of whales","quote":"just come from China Sea reported Whales plenty at that place","interest":2},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Mary","rig":"ship","port":"Edgartown","captain":"","months_out":30,"voyage_id":"AV09178"}],"where":"near land","plate":"gam.visit-a"},{"date":"1864-03-21","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mond 21st\nCalm & sultry, at daylight Land 6 miles of\nsaw the Mary of to leaward. sent down\nFore Sail for repairs","wind":[["whole","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"In calm, sultry weather with land six miles away, they spotted the ship Mary downwind and took down the foresail for repairs.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-03-22","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday March the 22[superscript: nd]\nCommences with\nLight wind from the westward at daylight\nCommenced work on the Fore Sail at 2 PM\nFinished mary in sight-running for us\nAt 4 PM gamed with her.","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"plain":"Light winds blew from the west as the crew repaired the foresail. In the afternoon, they saw the Mary heading toward them and held a gam with her.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Mary","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":"AV09178"}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.visit-c"},{"date":"1864-03-23","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed: 23[superscript: d]\nCommences with light wind from W[illegible]\nAt daylight-brok[struck: e] out main hold for water\n[drawing: whale tail] At 8 am 2[superscript: d] mate raised Whales at 10 am\nLowered our boats in company with the\nMarys of Edg[superscript: tn]. mated. but-drove them off\nAt sundown returned to the ship &c.","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"plain":"The crew broke out the main hold for water at daylight. After sighting whales, they put out the boats alongside the Mary of Edgartown, but they drove the whales off and returned at sundown.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Mary","rig":"","port":"Edgartown","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":"AV09178"}],"where":"at sea","plate":"chase.sperm-a"},{"date":"1864-03-24","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thur 24[superscript: th]\nCommences with light westerly wind. at-\ndaylight-Land 8 miles off. commenced to\npump fresh water out of ground in main\nHatch. pumped 10 cask and filled them\nwith salt-water. stowed off main hold.\nBroke out after hold for dried apples\nSo ends this day of pleasure.","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"plain":"With land eight miles away, the crew pumped fresh water from ten casks in the main hatch, refilled them with salt water, and restowed the hold. They also broke out dried apples from the after hold.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Keeper called day's chores a \"day of pleasure\"","quote":"So ends this day of pleasure.","interest":1}],"where":"near land","plate":"work.stowing-a"},{"date":"1864-03-25","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday March the 25th 1864\nClear with light\nwinds from westward. at daylight saw ship\nMary. repaired main lifts and employed at\nships duty during the day.","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear skies with light westerly winds. At daylight they sighted the ship Mary, and the crew spent the day repairing the rigging and doing routine work.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-03-26","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat: 26th\nClear with light wind from westward. at\nDaylight - Banda 15 miles off. employed at\nships duty during the day","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Light winds and clear skies. Banda was sighted 15 miles away at daylight, and the crew spent the day on routine ship's duties.","where":"near land","place":"Banda"},{"date":"1864-03-27","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sun: 27th\nModerate wind from westward and clear\nAt daylight Banda bearing E [illegible] 4 miles\noff. spoke two sails signalized one which\nproved to be Dutch.","wind":[["whole","W","moderate"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Near Banda, the crew met two vessels and signaled one, which proved to be Dutch.","where":"near land","place":"Banda"},{"date":"1864-03-28","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 28th\nLight westerly wind at daylight four sails\nin sight. went on board of a Dutch Bark\nasked, begged, Fowl coconuts &c.","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"plain":"With light westerly winds, four sails were in sight at daylight. Crew members boarded a Dutch bark, where they asked and begged for fowls, coconuts, and other provisions.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Begged for provisions from a Dutch bark","quote":"went on board of a Dutch Bark asked, begged, Fowl coconuts &c.","interest":2}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-03-29","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues: 29th\nCommenced with light Easterly wind\nAt daylight three sails in sight\nEmployed in setting up M T S rigging","wind":[["first","E","light"]],"plain":"With light easterly winds, three other ships were in sight at daylight while the crew worked on the rigging.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-03-30","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday March The 30th\nModerate\nWesterly winds at daylight saw a number\nOf Proas (Malay Boats) saw Grampuses &c","wind":[["whole","W","moderate"]],"plain":"With moderate westerly winds, the crew spotted several Malay proas at daylight and saw grampuses.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Sighted several Malay proas","quote":"at daylight saw a number Of Proas (Malay Boats)","interest":2},{"kind":"nature","title":"Saw grampuses","quote":"saw Grampuses"}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-03-31","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"finback","count":null},{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 31st\nLight westerly winds a number of Fin\nBacks seen and a school of Black Fish\nFri","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"plain":"Light westerly winds. The crew saw a number of finback whales and a school of pilot whales.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-04-01","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday April The 1st 1864\nThis day Light winds from the westward\nAt daylight saw two Malay Boats.\nEmployed at ships duty during the day\nAt 5 30 P.M. saw a whale Ship to windward","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"plain":"Light winds and routine ship's work. At daylight they sighted two Malay boats, and in the late afternoon saw a whaleship upwind.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-04-02","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 2nd\nCommences with Light westerly winds\nAt 4 P.M. winds E.S.E. blowing strong","wind":[["first","W","light"],["first","ESE","strong"]],"plain":"Routine sailing with light westerly winds that shifted east-southeast and blew strong in the afternoon.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-04-03","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 3d\nThis day commences with light westerly\nWinds. employed in ship duty","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"plain":"Light westerly winds; the crew carried out routine ship duties.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-04-04","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday April The 4th 1864\nCommences with\nLight westerly winds with rain, at 9 am\nCleared up saw the Land about 75 miles\nOff. at 1 Pm got tackle up over after hatch\n& broke out Molasses. & Beans, at sundown\nSaw a Malay Prow.","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"weather":["rain","clear"],"plain":"Light winds and rain cleared by mid-morning, with land sighted in the distance. The crew brought up molasses and beans from the hold, and sighted a Malay proa at sunset.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-04-05","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 5th\nLight westerly winds & clear, at daylight saw\nA Bk standing on the wind, towards us\nBroke out main hold for Flour, at 2 Pm\nHeavy showers of rain,","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"weather":["clear","rain"],"plain":"The crew sighted a bark sailing toward them in the morning, unpacked flour from the main hold, and had heavy rain showers in the afternoon.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-04-06","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 6th\nMorderate winds from NW, at daylight\nBroke out for bread in main hold\nSaw a number of white waters during the day","wind":[["whole","NW","moderate"]],"plain":"Moderate winds blew from the northwest. At daylight the crew unpacked bread from the main hold, and they saw several patches of white water during the day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-04-07","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thur 7th\nCommences with light winds from NE.\nAt day light saw the Mary Frazier\nBoiling","wind":[["first","NE","light"]],"plain":"Light northeast winds. At daylight, they saw the Mary Frazier boiling blubber.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-b"},{"date":"1864-04-08","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":true,"entry":"Friday April the 8th\nCommences with light\nwesterly winds. at daylight one sail in\nsight. at noon sah a steamer in under\nBanda. at sundown Frazier 2 miles off","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"plain":"Light westerly winds. They spotted a sail at daylight, saw a steamer in toward Banda at noon, and were two miles off Frazier by sundown.","where":"near land","place":"Banda"},{"date":"1864-04-09","events":[],"lat":-4.525,"lon":129.879,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat the 9th\nThis day commences with light wind from\nEastward. at daylight Banda Volcano\n15 miles of. one sail in sight. sent down\nF T S sail for repairs.","wind":[["first","E","light"]],"plain":"Light winds blew from the east as the ship sailed about 15 miles off Banda Volcano. A sail was in sight, and the crew brought down the fore topsail for repairs.","where":"near land","place":"Banda Volcano"},{"date":"1864-04-10","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sun 10th\nCommences with light Easterly wind. at\ndaylight Banda 12 miles of. at 1 PM strong\nBreeze from E. at 2 PM steered West bound\nOff the ground.","wind":[["first","E","light"],["middle","E","strong"]],"plain":"The ship sighted Banda about twelve miles off at daylight, then steered west away from the whaling grounds in a strong breeze.","where":"near land","place":"Banda"},{"date":"1864-04-11","events":[],"lat":-3.85,"lon":128.15,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mon 11th\nClear with moderate wind from southward\nAt daylight sighted the island of Ambonia\nAt 4 Oclock Pm dead calm & hot as hell","wind":[["first","S","moderate"],["middle","","calm"]],"weather":["clear","calm"],"plain":"They sighted the island of Ambonia at daylight, but by late afternoon the wind died, leaving them stuck in a dead calm that was \"hot as hell.\"","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Keeper complained about the oppressive heat","quote":"dead calm & hot as hell","interest":1}],"where":"near land","place":"Ambonia","at":"ambon"},{"date":"1864-04-12","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":"sperm","count":null}],"lat":-4.075,"lon":128.7263,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday April the 12th 1864.\nLight wind from\nWest [struck: abov] Ship steering W.S.W. Raised a schoole\nof sperm whales lowered the boats but did\nnot succeed in getting on. at 1 Oclk boats\nReturned to Ship. Whales in sight all day\nBut did not lower after dinner.\n[drawing]","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"plain":"Light winds. The crew sighted a school of sperm whales and put the boats out, but could not get close enough. Whales remained in sight all day, but they did not chase them again.","where":"at sea","plate":"chase.sperm-b"},{"date":"1864-04-13","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"sperm","count":null}],"lat":-4.3,"lon":129.3027,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wedn 13th\nLight S.W wind at 11.30 A.M. raised a large\nBreach called them sperm whales. had light\nWind through the day. and could not get\ndown to them. saw them at times through the\nday. at sundown they were 5 miles of.\n[drawing]","wind":[["first","SW","light"],["whole","","light"]],"plain":"The crew spotted sperm whales leaping from the water around late morning, but light winds kept the ship from getting close to them. They caught glimpses of the whales throughout the day until sunset.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-04-14","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"sperm","count":1}],"lat":-4.525,"lon":129.879,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 14th\nClear with light wind from S.W. steering S.EbyE\nAt 11 A M Saw a large Breach once but did\nNot see it again Sp Whale no doubt. at 3 O\nClock saw Mary Frazier, volcano in sight.\nPainted main mast. at 5 PM took in light\nSails\nBanda Volcano\nBanda Sea\n56","wind":[["whole","SW","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Under light winds, they spotted a large breach, likely a sperm whale, but did not see it again. Later that afternoon, they sighted the volcano at Banda and saw the Mary Frazier.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Banda volcano in sight","quote":"volcano in sight"}],"where":"near land","place":"Banda Volcano"},{"date":"1864-04-15","events":[],"lat":-4.52,"lon":129.83,"fixed":true,"entry":"April\nFriday The 15th\nAt Anchor At\nAmbonia\nCommences with Light winds\nFrom westward. at daylight Banda 5 miles off.\nOne Sail in sight. crew employed at ships\nDuty during the day.","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"plain":"The ship lay at anchor at Ambonia with light winds, seeing Banda five miles off at daylight and one other vessel in sight. The crew carried out routine ship's duties.","where":"near land","place":"Banda"},{"date":"1864-04-16","events":[],"lat":-4.185,"lon":128.99,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat the 16th\nLight westerly winds. at daylight- commenced\nto break out fore hold for water. pumped 5 cask\nSo ends.","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"plain":"With light westerly winds, the crew broke out the forward hold at daylight to get at the water and pumped five casks.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-04-17","events":[],"lat":-3.85,"lon":128.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 17th\n[drawing]\nThis day commences with strong winds from S.E.\nWith frequent showers of rain. at daylight-\nAmbonia in sight bearing East-at-7 AM run off\nfor the island and at-7 PM came to an anchor\nOff the Town of Ambonia here we found a\nBeautiful harbor. with Dutch Merchant ships\nLaying to an anchor. &cc","wind":[["first","SE","strong"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"The crew sighted Ambonia at daylight, headed for the island, and anchored off the town that evening. They found a beautiful harbor with Dutch merchant ships anchored there.","where":"at anchor","place":"Ambon","at":"ambon"},{"date":"1864-04-18","events":[],"lat":-3.85,"lon":128.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 18th\nThis day sent the Starbord watch on liberty\nWith four mony. filled 3 cask of water from\nthe shore. at sundown sent boat-after\nThe watch. a number of them drunk.","plain":"Half the crew went ashore on liberty with money while others filled three casks of water. When the boat went to pick them up at sundown, several returned drunk.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Crew returned from shore liberty drunk","quote":"at sundown sent boat-after The watch. a number of them drunk.","interest":3}],"where":"at anchor","place":"Ambon","at":"ambon"},{"date":"1864-04-19","events":[],"lat":-3.85,"lon":128.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday April the 19th 1864\nLarboard watch on\nshore for liberty. broke out after hole for Beef.\nand slops. &c sent on shore 5-Bbls of Beef.\nsent up a new J S stay. at sun down watch\ncame on board all sober.","plain":"Half the crew had liberty on shore. The men broke out beef and clothes from the after hold, sent five barrels of beef ashore, and rigged a new jib stay. At sunset the men returned aboard all sober.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Crew returned from shore all sober","quote":"at sun down watch came on board all sober","interest":1}],"where":"at anchor","place":"Ambon","plate":"life.keeper-d","at":"ambon"},{"date":"1864-04-20","events":[],"lat":-3.9066,"lon":127.1882,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 20th\nAt daylight called all hands and washed off\nBroke out after hold for molasses and Peas.\nAt 11 a m Capt & wife came on board. took\nthe anchor made sail and steered towards\nthe Molucca passage","plain":"The crew washed the decks and broke out molasses and peas from the hold. At 11 a.m., the captain and his wife came aboard, and the ship weighed anchor and set sail toward the Molucca Passage.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Captain and wife came on board","quote":"Capt & wife came on board","interest":3}],"where":"at sea","place":"Molucca passage"},{"date":"1864-04-21","events":[],"lat":-3.75,"lon":126.35,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 21st\nClear with light westerly wind. sighted the\nIsland of Bourro. Broke out for water and Fish\nAt sun down took in light sails.","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear weather with light westerly winds as the crew sighted the Island of Bourro. They broke out water and fish from the hold, and reduced sail at sunset.","where":"near land","place":"Bourro","via":[[126.45,-3.95]],"at":"buru"},{"date":"1864-04-22","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":-3.6647,"lon":126.0941,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fry the 22\nLight wind from the westward. broke out for\nflour. at 4 30 Pm your uncle Dudley raised\nwhales. lowered the boats. and waist-boat\nsucceeded in getting one\nW B\n[drawing: whale]\nBanda Sea Whales.\n52","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"plain":"The crew broke out flour in light winds. Late in the afternoon, they sighted whales and put out the boats; the waist boat succeeded in catching one.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Keeper referred to himself as Uncle Dudley","quote":"your uncle Dudley raised whales","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","place":"Banda Sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1864-04-23","events":[],"lat":-3.5794,"lon":125.8381,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday April 23.d 1864\nCommines with\nLight-winds from N.E. at-daylight-commenced\nto cut-in. at 8 o clock Started the works\nand stationed look outs aloft. S B","wind":[["first","NE","light"]],"plain":"With light northeast winds, the crew began stripping blubber from a whale at daylight, lit the try-works furnaces at eight o'clock, and kept lookouts stationed aloft.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.cutting-c"},{"date":"1864-04-24","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1},{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-3.4941,"lon":125.5822,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun.. 24th [drawing: whale]\nLight-winds from southward at daylight-\nfinished trying out-at-8 O clock A M raised\nA school of whales Lowered the boats and\nStarboard boat got-one. at-4 P m Lowered\nthree boats for them a gain but with out success","wind":[["whole","S","light"]],"plain":"After finishing boiling blubber at daylight, the crew sighted a school of whales at 8 a.m. They put the boats out and the starboard boat caught one, though an afternoon chase was unsuccessful.","where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1864-04-25","events":[],"lat":-3.4087,"lon":125.3262,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 25th\nthick weather with light-winds from N.E.\nAfter noon very rainy commenced to cut-\nIn. and started the works.","wind":[["whole","NE","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"In thick, rainy weather, the crew began stripping blubber and started the furnaces to boil out the oil.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.cutting-c"},{"date":"1864-04-26","events":[],"lat":-3.3234,"lon":125.0703,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 26\nClear with light-winds from N E. at day\nlight-finished boiling","wind":[["whole","NE","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear weather with light winds from the northeast. At daylight, the crew finished boiling the blubber into oil.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-c"},{"date":"1864-04-27","events":[],"lat":-3.2226,"lon":124.8243,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 27\nLight-winds from S.E. at-daylight-took of\nStar-Lead cleaned out-the Pots, at\nSun down took in light-sails","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"The crew cleaned out the try-pots under light winds from the southeast, taking in the light sails at sundown.","where":"at sea","via":[[124.85,-3.25]]},{"date":"1864-04-28","events":[],"lat":-3.026,"lon":124.64,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday April the 28th\nCommence\nwith moderate wind from NE. at\nDaylight one sail in sight: (a Whaler)\nAt sun down took in light sails.","wind":[["first","NE","moderate"]],"plain":"Moderate winds from the northeast; saw one whaling ship at daylight. Nothing else of note occurred.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-04-29","events":[],"lat":-2.8295,"lon":124.4557,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid 29th\nLight wind from the eastward. Set up\nM. stay. Men employed at ship duty\nDuring the day.","wind":[["whole","E","light"]],"plain":"Light winds from the east; the crew spent the day on routine ship's maintenance.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-04-30","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-2.6329,"lon":124.2714,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat- 30th\nCommences with light wind from NE.\n[drawing] At daylight broke out water. at 8 o clk\nRaised a school of whales. Lowered the\nBoats Waist and Starboard boat was\nWhaleing for victory and drove them off","wind":[["first","NE","light"]],"plain":"Light winds blew from the northeast. The crew broke out water at daylight, and at eight o'clock they spotted a school of whales and put boats out to chase. Two boats raced each other, driving the whales off.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Boats raced and scared off whales","quote":"Waist and Starboard boat was Whaleing for victory and drove them off","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","plate":"chase.sperm-c"},{"date":"1864-05-01","events":[],"lat":-2.4363,"lon":124.0872,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday\nMay the 1st 1864\nThis day commences\nwith light wind from E. N. E. all\nwas quiet during the day.","wind":[["first","ENE","light"]],"plain":"Light winds from the east-northeast; all was quiet all day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-05-02","events":[],"lat":-2.2397,"lon":123.9029,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday May The 2nd 1864\nCommences\nWith light wind from the eastward.\nAt daylight saw one of the group of islan[insert: ds]\nLaying to the South & eastward of Celebes\nBearing W about 10 miles of. Took in sail [insert: at sun-]\n[insert: set]","wind":[["first","E","light"]],"plain":"Light winds continued. At daylight, they sighted an island group southeast of Celebes about ten miles to the west, and reduced sail at sunset.","where":"near land","place":"Celebes"},{"date":"1864-05-03","events":[],"lat":-2.0432,"lon":123.7186,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 3d\nLight wind from Eastward. at daylight.\nMade sail. and sent down Fore Topsail\nFor repairs. at 4 O clock PM sent it up","wind":[["whole","E","light"]],"plain":"With light winds from the east, the crew set more sail at daylight, took down the fore topsail for repairs, and hoisted it back up at 4:00 PM.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-05-04","events":[],"lat":-1.8466,"lon":123.5343,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 4th\nLight Easterly wind. at daylight\nSteering N.E. broke out water. Set up\nmizen Top mast Stay. at sun down\nKept on our course to the N E.\n[drawing]","wind":[["whole","E","light"]],"plain":"They steered northeast, brought water out of the hold and attended to rigging.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-05-05","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-1.65,"lon":123.35,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 5th\nCommences with light wind from S.E. at\ndaylight land 10 miles off. at daylight raised\nA school of whales in the mouth of Grey\nHound Straits Lowered each boat getting\nOne. cut them in. at 7 O clock PM\nStarted the works.","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"Near land, the crew sighted a school of whales at the mouth of Greyhound Straits at daylight. They put the boats out, and each boat caught one, then stripped the blubber and began boiling by 7 p.m.","where":"near land","place":"Grey Hound Straits","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1864-05-06","events":[],"lat":-1.4753,"lon":123.9247,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday May the 6th 1864.\nCommences with\nLight winds from S. E. at day light engaged\nIn cleaning away heads. all hands employed\nIn minceing and prepairing the bluber for\nthe try pots. & cc","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"With light southeast winds, the crew spent the day cleaning whale heads, mincing blubber, and preparing it for the try-pots.","where":"at sea","via":[[123.55,-1.85]]},{"date":"1864-05-07","events":[],"lat":-0.9007,"lon":124.4993,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat the 7th\nThis day commences with strong southerly\nwind employed during the day at boiling\nAt 10 o clk a m steerd N. E. at sundown\nGot through boiling","wind":[["first","S","strong"]],"plain":"The crew spent the day boiling blubber into oil under strong southerly winds, finishing by sunset.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-b"},{"date":"1864-05-08","events":[],"lat":-0.326,"lon":125.074,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 8th\nCalm. Land about 8 miles off. bearing N. E.\nAt daylight put takle over main hole &\nmade preparations for stowing the oil\nLight wind during the day from S E.","wind":[["first","","calm"],["whole","SE","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"With calm conditions and light winds, the crew prepared to store the oil in the hold with land in sight about eight miles away.","where":"near land","plate":"work.stowing-b"},{"date":"1864-05-09","events":[],"lat":0.3091,"lon":125.5723,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 9th\nCommences with light wind from S. at\nday light broke out. after hole for Sugar.\nAt 6 pm took a few empty cask from m hole","wind":[["first","S","light"]],"plain":"With light southerly winds, the crew broke out the after hold for sugar at daylight. At 6 p.m., they removed a few empty casks from the main hold.","where":"at sea","via":[[125.35,-0.05]]},{"date":"1864-05-10","events":[],"lat":1.0,"lon":126.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tuesday May the 10th 1864.\nCommences with\nLight wind from N. E. at daylight commenced\nstowing down oil. at sun down finished\nMolucca\npassage","wind":[["first","NE","light"]],"plain":"With light northeast winds, the crew spent the day stowing casks of oil down in the hold, finishing at sundown while sailing through the Molucca Passage.","where":"near land","place":"Molucca passage","plate":"work.stowing-c","at":"molucca-sea"},{"date":"1864-05-11","events":[],"lat":0.875,"lon":126.625,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 11\nCommences with light winds from N. E.\nAt daylight cleaned our pots. & broke out\nand restowed the run.","wind":[["first","NE","light"]],"plain":"Light winds from the northeast. At daylight, the crew cleaned the try-pots and reorganized cargo in the aft storage hold.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-05-12","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thur 12th\nCommences with light winds from N. E.\nAt daylight land in sight from both bows\nSteering for Grey Hound Passage. had\nahead & very strong current- let go the\nstarboard anchor. at 3 Pm took the\nanchor and stood for the island of Ternate\n\n[drawing]","wind":[["first","NE","light"]],"plain":"With light winds and land in sight on both bows, the crew steered for Greyhound Passage. Facing a headwind and a very strong current, they anchored before getting underway again at 3 p.m. toward Ternate.","where":"near land","place":"Ternate","at":"ternate"},{"date":"1864-05-13","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid 13th\nCommences with light winds from N E\nEmployed at ships duty during the day.","wind":[["first","NE","light"]],"plain":"Light winds from the northeast; the crew spent the day on routine ship's duties.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-05-14","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 14th\nThis day light breeze from S. E. S E. ship steerin\nN E. pumped two cask of water. sighted the\nIsland of Celebes","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"With light southeasterly breezes, the crew pumped two casks of water and sighted the island of Celebes.","where":"near land","place":"Island of Celebes"},{"date":"1864-05-15","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday May the 15th 1864\nCommences with\nModerate wind from SE ship steering\nNE. at 8 30 am. stiek calm. at 3 PM a\nnice breeze from southward","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"],["middle","","calm"],["latter","S","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"A quiet Sunday with moderate winds that fell dead calm in the morning before a nice breeze picked up from the south.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-05-16","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 16th\nCommences with light wind from S.E.\naccompanied with frequent-showers of rain\nSteering N.E. broke out-Flour.","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Light winds and frequent rain showers while steering northeast. The crew broke out flour from the hold.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-05-17","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday 17th\nCommences with a nice breeze from S. E.\nAt- 6 Am got up shooke & Heads set them up\nfor water. The island of Celebes in sight-\nDistance 30 miles. Fitted an old overhead\nBoat for towing water.","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"]],"plain":"With Celebes in sight about 30 miles off, the crew assembled casks for freshwater and rigged an old boat to tow water to the ship.","where":"near land","place":"Celebes"},{"date":"1864-05-18","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 18-th\n[drawing]\nModerate wind from S E. at-day light the\nVolcano of Ternate 40 miles off saw the isle\nof Tidare and several adjasent islands\ngot up cables at-sun down thick & rainy\ncame to an anchor between Ternate &\nTidore","wind":[["whole","SE","moderate"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"At daylight they sighted the volcano of Ternate and neighboring islands. By sundown, in thick and rainy weather, they anchored between Ternate and Tidore.","where":"at anchor","place":"between Ternate & Tidore","at":"ternate"},{"date":"1864-05-19","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday May 19th 1864\nThis day a light breeze from\nW. at daylight hove up anchor & made sail\n& got the [struck: C] Starboard overhead boat out and towed\nher astern. haveing a fair tide made considerabu\nProgress to the Town or port of Ternati. At 8 Am\nLet go the Starboard anchor of the town about\n160 Rods from the shore. Was boarded be the\nHarbar master who was of Dutch decent &\ncould speak some English who read the\nRules of the port to the crew. went on shore\nand stapud until 12 O clock.\n[drawing]","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"plain":"With a light breeze and favorable tide, they sailed to the port of Ternati and anchored about half a mile from shore. The Dutch harbor master boarded to read the port rules to the crew, and shore visits followed.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Dutch harbor master read port rules","quote":"Harbar master who was of Dutch decent & could speak some English who read the Rules","interest":2}],"where":"at anchor","place":"Ternate","at":"ternate"},{"date":"1864-05-20","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fry 20\nThis day light sea breeze setting in at daylight\nCalled all hands and made preperation for gettin\nWater. after breakfast 2d mate with a gang went\n& on shore with 15 cask filled them and had\nthem on board at 12 O clock. filled them at\nA Mr Divenbottoms well","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"plain":"In the morning, the second mate and a crew went ashore to Mr. Divenbottom's well, filled 15 casks of water, and brought them back aboard by noon.","where":"at anchor","place":"Ternate","at":"ternate"},{"date":"1864-05-21","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday May 21st 1864\nAt daylight called all hands\nwashed of Decks, got breakfast Rafted 12 cask took\nthem on shore & filled them and had them on\nBoard at 12\n\n[margin:","plain":"The crew washed the decks, rafted 12 casks ashore to fill them with water, and had them back aboard by noon.","where":"at anchor","place":"Ternate","at":"ternate"},{"date":"1864-05-22","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 22]\nAt daylight washed of decks and sent Starboard\nwatch on liberty, at sun down only one of the\nforemast hands of watch were to be found, at 8\nPM Capt went on shore and sent a gang of\nPolice after them found 4 of them and brought\nto the ship, 2 of them could not find","plain":"After washing decks, the starboard watch went on shore liberty. By sundown, only one foremast hand had returned. The captain went ashore and sent police after them, rounding up four men while two remained missing.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Crew went missing on liberty","quote":"Capt went on shore and sent a gang of Police after them","interest":3,"topic":"desertions"}],"where":"at anchor","place":"Ternate","at":"ternate"},{"date":"1864-05-23","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 23d\nLarboard watch was sent on shore on liberty\nwho conducted themselves manfully and returned\nto the ship at sundown","plain":"Half the crew went ashore on liberty, conducted themselves well, and returned to the ship at sundown.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Crew praised for good behavior on liberty","quote":"conducted themselves manfully and returned to the ship at sundown","interest":3}],"where":"at anchor","place":"Ternate","at":"ternate"},{"date":"1864-05-24","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday 24th\nLight breeze of shore, sent the Starboard watch\non liberty again","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"plain":"With a light offshore breeze, the starboard watch went on liberty again.","where":"at anchor","place":"Ternate","at":"ternate"},{"date":"1864-05-25","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday May 25th 1864\nAt daylight called all\nHands washed of decks and sent Port watch on leberty\nAt 10..30 PM one of the watch returned with a Canoe\nWith the intension of taking his clothing and\nLeaving the Ship with one of the Starboard watch\n(George Coon) but was detected by the Capt and\nCoon put in irons.","plain":"The crew washed the decks and half the men went ashore on liberty. Late that night, a crewman returned in a canoe planning to grab his clothes and desert with George Coon, but the captain caught them and put Coon in irons.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Desertion attempt thwarted and crewman put in irons","quote":"returned with a Canoe With the intension of taking his clothing and Leaving the Ship","interest":5,"topic":"desertions"},{"kind":"crew","title":"Crew member put in irons after attempted desertion","quote":"Coon put in irons","interest":3,"topic":"desertions"}],"where":"at anchor","place":"Ternate","at":"ternate"},{"date":"1864-05-26","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 26th\nAt daylight 2d mate went on shore for two cask\nOf Earth","plain":"At daybreak, the second mate went ashore to fetch two casks of earth.","where":"at anchor","place":"Ternate","at":"ternate"},{"date":"1864-05-27","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":true,"entry":"Friday 27th\nThis day a nice breeze. at 4 30 AM took our ancho[struck: r]\nMade sail and stood out the harbor of Ternate\nLeaving the two runaway men to be caught by the\nHarbor master. Who will catch them like H-ell","wind":[["whole","","moderate"]],"plain":"With a nice breeze, the crew weighed anchor and sailed out of the harbor of Ternate at 4:30 AM, leaving two runaway crewmen behind for the harbor master to catch.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Left two runaways behind in port","quote":"Leaving the two runaway men to be caught by the Harbor master. Who will catch them like H-ell","interest":3,"topic":"desertions"}],"where":"near land","place":"Ternate","at":"ternate"},{"date":"1864-05-28","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"finback","count":null}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat 28th\nLight breeze from SE. at 10 Oclock AM strong breeze\nfrom SE. saw a number of Fin Backs. at 2 PM\ndropped an anchor of Ternate. Capt went on shore\nAfter the runaways. at sundown came on\nBoard with out them. took our anchor and\nstood out to sea to return in 10 days again","wind":[["first","SE","light"],["first","SE","strong"]],"plain":"After spotting several finback whales in the morning, the ship anchored off Ternate. The captain went ashore to search for runaway crew members, but returned empty-handed at sundown, and they headed back out to sea.","where":"at anchor","place":"Ternate","at":"ternate"},{"date":"1864-05-29","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday May 29th 1864\nThis day commences with\nPlesant weather light-Easterly winds. at 2\nPM strong breezes. all was quiet-during the day","wind":[["first","E","light"],["middle","","strong"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with light easterly winds that picked up to strong breezes by afternoon. All was quiet aboard.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-05-30","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 30th\nCommences with a fine breeze from S E.\nat-7 AM turned up Larboard & waist-\nBoats dug out the old putty reputtied them","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"]],"plain":"Fine breezes continued as the crew turned over the left and waist whaleboats to scrape out the old putty and reputty the seams.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-05-31","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday 31st\nLight-breeze from SE. at daylight-turned\nup Bow & Starboard Boats and reputtied them","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"With light breezes from the southeast, the crew turned up the bow and right-side boats at daylight and reputtied them.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-06-01","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wednesday June 1st 1864\nThis day plesant-\nwith light-winds from SE at daylight-Ternate\nabout 30 miles off. Employed during the day in\nSetting up Back stays fore & aft. saw several\nSchools of Black fish Lowered three boats but\ndid not-succeed in striking.","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"With Ternate about 30 miles off at daylight, the crew worked on the rigging. They saw several schools of pilot whales and put out three boats to chase them, but failed to harpoon any.","where":"near land","place":"Ternate","at":"ternate"},{"date":"1864-06-02","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thursday June 2d 1864\nCommences with light wind\nfrom SE, at daylight land about 5 miles at 9 AM\nthe mate took a boat and pulled up to Ternate\nfor the purpose of getting the runaways but did\nnot find them, at 1 Oclock PM having a light\nwind and a head current beached her about\n2 miles from the town, got out a cadge or\nCage and breasted her off and stood out to\nsea, at 4 PM saw and gamed with Mary Frazier\n\n[vertically in margin:] Ternate","wind":[["first","SE","light"],["middle","","light"]],"plain":"Off Ternate, the mate took a boat to search for runaway crew members but could not find them. The ship grounded briefly against a head current, warped off with a kedge anchor, stood out to sea, and had a visit with the Mary Frazier.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Mate hunted for runaway crewmen","quote":"pulled up to Ternate for the purpose of getting the runaways but did not find them","interest":3,"topic":"desertions"},{"kind":"accident","title":"Ship beached and kedged off","quote":"beached her about 2 miles from the town, got out a cadge or Cage and breasted her off","interest":3},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Mary Frazier","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"near land","place":"Ternate","plate":"gam.visit-a","at":"ternate"},{"date":"1864-06-03","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"finback","count":null}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fri June 3d\nThis day commences with strong SE wind\nseveral Fin Backs, at sundown frequent\nshowers of rain","wind":[["first","SE","strong"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Strong southeast winds brought rain showers by sunset. The crew saw several finback whales.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-06-04","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"blue","count":null}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 4th\nCommences fair with light wind from SE,\nPainted Starboard side of ship, out-board\nsaw a number of Sulpher Bottoms during the day","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"Fair weather with light winds. The crew painted the ship's right side, and they saw a number of blue whales during the day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-06-05","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 5th Nice\nNice breeze from SE, at 9 Oclock raised\na sail which proved to be the Sea Queen of\nWest Port (Capt Gifford) 20 months out 700 Bbls of Sperm","wind":[["whole","SE","moderate"]],"plain":"With a fine southeast breeze, the crew met the Sea Queen of Westport, Captain Gifford, twenty months into its voyage with 700 barrels of sperm oil.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Sea Queen","rig":"","port":"West Port","captain":"Gifford","months_out":20,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.spoke-a"},{"date":"1864-06-06","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"blue","count":null}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday June 6th 1864\nThick with light\nwind from S. E. at daylight land 20 miles\nOff. Rattled down L Fore rigging. Saw a\nnumber of Sulpher Bottoms during the day\nAt sun down set boat crew watches,","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"In thick weather with land about twenty miles away at daylight, the crew did routine rigging work and saw several blue whales throughout the day.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-06-07","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 7th\nCommences Hazy with light S E wind, at\nday light called all hands pumped two casks\nof water. Two sails in sight during the day,","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"weather":["haze"],"plain":"The crew pumped two casks of water under hazy skies and light winds. Two other ships were in sight during the day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-06-08","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 8th\nCalm and clear. at 2 P m hazy with a nice\nBreeze from S E, Painted ship out side a part\nAt sun down shortened sail. land 10 miles off","wind":[["first","","calm"],["middle","SE","moderate"]],"weather":["calm","clear","haze"],"plain":"The crew painted part of the ship's exterior during calm, clear weather. By evening, they reduced sail with land in sight ten miles away.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-06-09","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":"blue","count":null},{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 9th\nCommences with light wind from S. E. at 9 O clk\nLowered starboard boat for a Sulpher Bottom\nBut could not strike, At 10 A M raised a\nschool of whales 5 miles off. at 11.30 A m got dinner\nAnd lowered chased them until sundown\n[drawing] with out succes. Returned to ship with out\nA Fish or a Bite","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"The crew put out a boat for a sulfur-bottom whale but could not harpoon it. Later that morning they spotted a school of whales and chased them until sundown without success.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Returned without a fish or a bite","quote":"Returned to ship with out A Fish or a Bite","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","plate":"chase.sperm-b"},{"date":"1864-06-10","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"finback","count":null}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday June the 10th\nThis day begins with a\nCalm. a number of Fin Backs in sight. at\n11 a m a light breeze from S. E.","wind":[["first","","calm"],["first","SE","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"The day began calm, with several finback whales in sight, followed by a light breeze in the late morning.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-06-11","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 11th\nA light breeze from S. E. at 6 30 a m raised a\nBreach 10 miles of to windward. BK Sea Quen 10\nMiles astern. at 9 A m saw the breach again\nBut lost sight of it after all in a Squall.\nAt 7 Pm a boat from Sea Queen came on board\nFor some Tar.","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"weather":["squalls"],"plain":"The crew saw a whale breaching ten miles to windward in the morning, but lost sight of it in a squall. That evening, a boat from the bark Sea Queen came aboard to get some tar.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Sea Quen","rig":"bark","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.visit-c"},{"date":"1864-06-12","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 12th\nHazy with light south Easterly wind At 2 PM\nClear with a nice breeze from south","wind":[["first","SE","light"],["middle","S","moderate"]],"weather":["haze","clear"],"plain":"The day brought hazy weather with light winds, clearing by afternoon with a south breeze. No whales were mentioned.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-06-13","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 13th\nCommences with light winds from S. E. with thick\nweather. at 2 PM Clear, at sun down took in ligh[struck: t] [insertion: sails]","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Light winds and thick weather cleared by afternoon. Routine sailing; no whales seen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-06-14","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 14th\nA nice breeze from S. E. at 8.30 A m saw Sea\nQueen about 8 miles to windward. At two\n[drawing: whale fluke] Pm Squally. raised a school of Whales chased\nthem until sun down without a Fish,","wind":[["whole","SE","moderate"]],"weather":["squalls"],"plain":"They sighted the Sea Queen in the morning. That afternoon, during squally weather, they sighted a school of whales and put out the boats, chasing them until sundown without catching one.","where":"at sea","plate":"chase.sperm-a"},{"date":"1864-06-15","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday June 15th 1864\nThis day thick and squally, at sun down\nLand about 15 miles off Latta island","weather":["squalls"],"plain":"The day brought thick and squally weather, with Latta Island sighted about 15 miles off at sundown.","where":"near land","place":"Latta"},{"date":"1864-06-16","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"lost","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 16th\nCommences with a strong breeze from SE\nAt 9 am raised a breach called it whale\nAt 11 AM proved to be whales 10 miles off\nLowered and pulled to them, Bow Boat\nstruck one who sounded right off, when\nHe came up hauled to within 50 fathoms\nof the fast whale when a loose whale came\n[drawing] Up under me knocking me higher than\nGilderroys Kite lost the whale","wind":[["first","SE","strong"]],"plain":"The crew spotted whales ten miles away and put out the boats. The bow boat harpooned one, but as they pulled in close, an unfastened whale surfaced directly underneath them, knocking the boat into the air and freeing their whale.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Whale knocked boat into the air","quote":"","interest":3}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-06-17","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fri 17th\nCommences with moderate wind from SE\nEmployed in repairing boat","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"]],"plain":"Moderate winds blew from the southeast as the crew spent the day repairing a boat.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-06-18","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 18th\nLight wind from SE employed in repairing\nBow Boat at night finished her [insert: per place] put her in","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"With light southeast winds, the crew spent the day repairing the bow boat, finishing the work and stowing it back in place by nightfall.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-06-19","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 19th\nLight wind from Southward struck\nand got a cow fish,","wind":[["whole","S","light"]],"plain":"With light winds from the south, the crew harpooned and took a cow whale.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Struck and caught a cow fish (a small whale or dolphin)","quote":"struck\nand got a cow fish","topic":"animals"}],"where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1864-06-20","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"lost","species":null,"count":1},{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday June 20th 1864   W [whale stamp] B   [drawing: whale] S B 75\n\nThis day commences with a strong breeze from S E, at day\nlight raised a school of whales to Leewhard, Lowered three\nboats all at the same time [struck: got hand to the] whales, when\nthe Capt run down to the mate and told him to Lay where\nHe was when it was his chance, saying damned if you\nare going to get all the whales if you have got a gaff top\nsail [struck: the] Mate boat went on and struck [struck: Capt] [illegible]\nhad told him to lay where he was when a general grout\ninsued, at 1 O clock raised an other school of whales lowered\nthree boats keeping the mate on the cranes Starboard boat\nSucceeded in getting a calf","wind":[["first","SE","strong"]],"plain":"At daybreak they spotted a school of whales and put out three boats. An argument broke out when the captain angrily ordered the mate to hold back, cursing that he wouldn't get all the whales; the mate struck one anyway. Later, another school was spotted and three boats chased while keeping the mate hung up in the cranes; the starboard boat took a calf.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Captain quarreled furiously with the mate","quote":"damned if you are going to get all the whales if you have got a gaff top sail","interest":5}],"where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1864-06-21","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 21st\nMorderate [insertion: strong] wind from S E, Employed at boiling\nClearing away head &c &c at 6 Pm set the watch","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"plain":"The crew boiled blubber and cleared away the whale's head under a strong southeast wind.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-a"},{"date":"1864-06-22","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 22nd\nStrong breeze from S E, at day light finished\nBoiling, at 9 30 Am raised a school of whales\n[drawing: whale tail] Lowered three boats mate kept on board, Capt\nRun over the whales and drove them off","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"plain":"They finished boiling blubber at daylight. At 9:30 a.m., they sighted a school of whales and lowered three boats, but the captain ran over them with his boat and scared them away.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Captain ran over the whales","quote":"Capt Run over the whales and drove them off","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","plate":"chase.sperm-b"},{"date":"1864-06-23","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 23d\nStrong breeze from Southward, at daylight\nRaised a school of whales going quick, Lowered\nAnd chased a long time got one by letting the\nMate lower\n\n[drawing: whale] 25 B","wind":[["whole","S","strong"]],"plain":"In a strong southerly breeze at daylight, the crew spotted a school of whales swimming quickly. After putting the boats out and chasing them for a long time, the mate's boat captured one that yielded 25 barrels.","where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1864-06-24","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fri 24th\nStrong breeze employed at boiling, frequent\nshowers of Rain during the day.","wind":[["whole","","strong"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Strong breezes and frequent rain showers throughout the day while the crew boiled blubber into oil.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-b"},{"date":"1864-06-25","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday June 25th 1864\nStrong breeze from S E\nat 8 Oclock finished boiling, at 5-30 Pm\nWilliam Macomber a boat steerer had a\ngrowl with the Capt on account of the meat\nnot being done. he was put of duty,","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"plain":"The crew finished boiling blubber in the morning. Later that afternoon, harpooner William Macomber had a dispute with the captain because the meat was undercooked, and was taken off duty.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Harpooner relieved of duty over meat","quote":"had a growl with the Capt on account of the meat not being done. he was put of duty","interest":3}],"where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-c"},{"date":"1864-06-26","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 26th\nLight winds from S, E. at day light-called all\nhands made sail and stationed lookouts\nAloft - nothing occured during the day of note,","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"The crew made sail at daylight and posted lookouts aloft, but nothing of note happened all day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-06-27","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 27th\nLight winds from S, E. with thick cloudy weather.\nSaw a large white water once, broke out main\nHold plumped 4 cask of water, at 4 Pm had\na heavy thunder storm,","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"weather":["cloudy","thunder"],"plain":"The crew worked in the main hold to pump out four casks of water under cloudy skies, followed by a heavy thunderstorm in the afternoon.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-06-28","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 28th\nLight Easterly winds at day light-broke out\nMain hold and made preperations for stowing\nOil. got 37 1/2 Bbls below","wind":[["whole","E","light"]],"plain":"With light easterly winds, the crew cleared out the main hold and stowed 37 and a half barrels of oil below.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.stowing-a"},{"date":"1864-06-29","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday June 29th 1864\nCommences with\nLight wind from SE. at daylight called all hands\nAnd finished stowing ah. Hold. employed at-\nCoopering cask and other Ship Duty\nFrequent showers of rain through the day.","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"The crew finished stowing the hold, coopering casks, and doing other ship duties amid light winds and frequent rain showers.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-06-30","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 30th\nLight SE wind at 9 am rain squall, at-\n10 AM saw a large white water, look out\nTo Morrou or we will have you.","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"weather":["rain","squalls"],"plain":"With light winds and a morning rain squall, the crew spotted a large disturbance of white water from a whale, prompting the keeper to warn, \"look out To Morrou or we will have you.\"","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Keeper warned the whale for tomorrow","quote":"look out To Morrou or we will have you.","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1864-07-01","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":4}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday July 1st 1864\n[drawing: four whales labeled \"S.B\", \"L.B\", \"WB\", \"B B\"]\nCommences fair with [struck: light wind from]\nSE. sent down M. T, G Sail for repairs, at 9\nAM raised whales and lowered three boats\nKeeping waist boat on board, her boat-\nsteerer beeing of duty, after the other boats got\nFast she came down with Macomber in\nHer and got a [struck: a] whale. got the whale to ship\nAt 1 O Clock PM. Macomber went of duty\nAgain, four whales made 97 Bbls.","wind":[["first","SE",""]],"plain":"After sighting whales, the crew put three boats out to chase. With its harpooner off duty, the fourth boat joined later with Macomber aboard, and they caught four whales, which produced 97 barrels of oil.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Macomber went off duty","quote":"her boat-\nsteerer beeing of duty","topic":"sickness"}],"where":"at sea","catch":4,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1864-07-02","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday July 2nd 1864\nThis day commences fine\nwith a light breeze from S.E. at daylight called\nall hands & commenced cutting at 7 oclock\ngot one cut in, got breakfast and at 11.20 [am]\nhad the four in, and started the works.\n\n[margin note:]","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"The crew spent the morning stripping the blubber from four whales caught earlier, finishing before noon and starting up the furnaces to boil the oil.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.cutting-c"},{"date":"1864-07-03","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 3d\n\nThis day light winds from S.E. at 7 am called the\nwatch turned them to, employed in cutting\nminceing, and clearing away heads, At 6 oclock\nP.M. set the watch\n\n[margin note:]","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"With light winds from the southeast, the crew spent the day cutting in and mincing blubber and clearing away whale heads.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-07-04","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 4th\n\nCommences fine light wind from S.E. at 7\nturned the hands to at 6 oclock am sent\nMacomber on duty At 2 oclock Pm saw a\nsteamer standing towards Ternate. at sun\ndown Latta 25 [struck: to] miles off at 11.30 Pm finished Boiling\n\n[margin note:]","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"The crew set to work with light southeast winds, and Macomber returned to duty. In the afternoon they sighted a steamer heading toward Ternate, and finished boiling oil late that night.","where":"near land","place":"Latta","plate":"work.trying-a"},{"date":"1864-07-05","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":4}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 5th\n\n[drawing: four whales, labeled LB, WB, BB, BB]\nStrong breeze from S.E. at 10.15 am raised\na school of whales lost run of them untol\n4 oth P.M. when we tacked saw them\nloared & got four of them, got them to\nthe ship at 10.30 PM.","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"plain":"They sighted a school of whales, lost track of it, then found it again at 4 p.m. The boats took four whales and brought them alongside by 10:30 p.m.","where":"at sea","catch":4,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1864-07-06","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday July 6th 1864\nThis day commences with\nA nice breeze from SE. at day light-commenced\nTo cut in at 12. Oclock all Cut-in, at 2. Pm\nStarted the works.","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"]],"plain":"The crew began stripping blubber from a whale at daylight, finished cutting it in by noon, and started boiling it into oil that afternoon.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.cutting-c"},{"date":"1864-07-07","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 7th\nCommences with a nice freze from SE, at-\nDay light-sent 1 man aloft who reported\n2 sails in sight, saw a large breach 10 miles\nTo windward. land about 10 miles off","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"]],"plain":"With a nice southeast breeze, the crew spotted two ships, land about ten miles away, and a large whale breaching ten miles upwind.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-07-08","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fri 8th\nThis day light wind from SE. finished boiling at-\ndaylight-stationed one man at mast head\nWho reported 2 sails in sight-one Whaler.\nCoopered & stowed down 37 Bbls in An Hold","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"Light winds blew from the southeast as the crew finished boiling blubber at daylight and stored 37 barrels of oil in the hold. The lookout spotted two ships, one of them a whaler.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-b"},{"date":"1864-07-09","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat-9th\nComes in fine with a light-breeze from SE.\nAt-day light-called all hands and made\npreperations for stowing down. found the\nGround [struck: tier] [insertion: teer] badly rotten had to restow a\nFew cask of water, at 5.30 Pm finished stowing","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"The crew called all hands at daylight to stow oil in the hold, but found the ground tier badly rotten and had to restow several casks of water.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Found the ground tier badly rotten","quote":"found the Ground [struck: tier] [insertion: teer] badly rotten had to restow a Few cask of water","interest":3}],"where":"at sea","plate":"work.stowing-b"},{"date":"1864-07-10","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday July 10th 1864\nCommences fine with\nStrong breeze from S.E. at 9 Am raised a\nSchool of whales of Lee Quarter. at 11 A m\nLowered three Boats 2nd mate being layed up\nwith a sore hand. Struck one and took him\nto the Ship. Whales did not bring too this day","wind":[["first","SE","strong"]],"plain":"The crew spotted a school of whales, and three boats put out to chase them because the second mate was off duty with an injured hand. They harpooned one whale and brought it back to the ship.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Second mate laid up with sore hand","quote":"2nd mate being layed up\nwith a sore hand","interest":1,"topic":"sickness"}],"where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1864-07-11","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 11th\nThis day strong breezes from SE. employed\nat coopering and boiling. at 5 Pm finished\nBoiling. Saw sea Queen","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"plain":"Strong breezes blew from the southeast as the crew worked at coopering and finished boiling blubber into oil at 5 p.m. They sighted the Sea Queen.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-c"},{"date":"1864-07-12","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 12th\nStrong breeze with thick foggy weather\nat 6 PM Saw a sail on the [struck: Lee] Bow, men\nEmployed at coopering oil.","wind":[["whole","","strong"]],"weather":["fog"],"plain":"Strong breezes and thick fog. The crew worked at coopering oil and sighted another ship at 6 PM.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-07-13","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"finback","count":null}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 13th\nStrong winds from SE thick & foggy\nSaw a number of Fin Backs. employed\nat coopering [struck: breaking] [insertion: out] &c c during\nthe day.","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"weather":["fog"],"plain":"Strong winds and thick fog. The crew saw a number of finback whales and spent the day coopering and breaking out provisions.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-07-14","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 14th\nThis day thick & foggy with strong SE wind\nEmployed at breaking out & stowing down\nduring the day.","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"weather":["fog"],"plain":"The crew spent the day unpacking casks and storing oil in the hold amid thick, foggy weather and strong southeast winds.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.stowing-a"},{"date":"1864-07-15","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday July 15th 1864\nCommences with\nStrong S E winds. with thick hazy weather,\nCrew employed at ships duty during the day","wind":[["first","SE","strong"]],"weather":["haze"],"plain":"Strong southeast winds and thick, hazy weather; the crew spent the day on routine ship's duties.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-07-16","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"blue","count":null},{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"finback","count":null}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 16th\nthick and hozy with strong wind from SE. [struck: ks]\nSaw a number of Sulphur bottoms and Fin Bac\nAt 4 PM saw Bark Sea Queen of West Port","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"weather":["haze"],"plain":"In thick, hazy weather with strong winds, they saw several blue whales and finback whales. Later in the afternoon, they sighted the bark Sea Queen of Westport.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-07-17","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 17th\nThis day commences with strong wind from\nSE and thick hazy weather. all was quiet","wind":[["first","SE","strong"]],"weather":["haze"],"plain":"The day brought strong southeast winds and thick, hazy weather, with everything quiet aboard.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-07-18","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":4}],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 18th\nStrong wind from SE at 4 Pm raised a\nSchool of whales of Lee beam lovered three\nBoats Starboard boat struck whales\nBrought too succeeded in getting four\nalong the ship 2nd mate layed up with sore hand\n[drawing: whale] S B [drawing: whale fluke] B.B. [drawing: whale] S B [drawing: whale fluke] L B","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"plain":"In strong winds, the crew sighted a school of whales and put out three boats to chase. The right-hand boat harpooned, the whales stopped, and they managed to secure four alongside the ship. The second mate was off duty with a sore hand.","where":"at sea","catch":4,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1864-07-19","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tue July 19th\nThis day light wind from S. E. at day light called\nAll hands & commenced cutting. got breakfast\nAnd at 10 Am finished cutting. 11.30 started\nthe works., at 6. Pm Set the watch","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"With light southeast winds, the crew spent the morning stripping blubber from a whale and started boiling it down by midday.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.cutting-c"},{"date":"1864-07-20","events":[],"lat":0.75,"lon":127.25,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wednesday July 20th 1864\nCommences with\nModrate Wind from SE. At 2 Pm hazy with\nstrong wind from E.S.E. At 5 Pm saw the island[superscript: ds]\nOf Ternate Tidore and Tysore bearing [superscript: by w] N.W.\nBy Compass employed at boiling during the\nDay. had drifted 60 miles in one night.","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"],["first","ESE","strong"]],"weather":["haze"],"plain":"They boiled blubber during the day in hazy, windy weather. By evening, they sighted the islands of Ternate, Tidore, and Tysore, having drifted sixty miles in a single night.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Drifted sixty miles overnight","quote":"had drifted 60 miles in one night.","interest":1}],"where":"near land","place":"Ternate Tidore and Tysore","plate":"work.trying-a","at":"ternate"},{"date":"1864-07-21","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 21st\nLight wind from SE and clear weather at day\nLight the Island of Ternate 16 leagues dist\nAt 7 Am finished boiling. At 2 Pm broke out\nslops and payed them off for last fare\nAt 5 Pm land abour 15 miles off [struck: E] Island Latta","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"With light winds and clear weather, the crew finished boiling blubber, then broke out slop clothing to pay the men for their last catch. Land and nearby islands were in sight throughout the day.","where":"near land","place":"Island Latta"},{"date":"1864-07-22","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":true,"entry":"Fri 22nd\nCommences with strong wind from SE. at 4\nPm saw the Island of Latta bearing S E by E\n10 miles off employed at coopering oil","wind":[["first","SE","strong"]],"plain":"Strong winds blew from the southeast. In the afternoon, they sighted the island of Latta about ten miles away and worked at coopering oil barrels.","where":"near land","place":"Island of Latta"},{"date":"1864-07-23","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 23d\nThis day light wind from SE. hazy during\nThe day at 5 30 saw a larger white water\n4 points on W Bow","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"weather":["haze"],"plain":"Light winds and hazy weather; in the afternoon, they saw a large breach of white water off the bow.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-07-24","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sunday July 24th 1864\nClear with light\nwind from SE. at daylight- Latta 40 miles off\n2.30 PM saw a whaler on lee beam standing\nOn a wind, supposed to be Sea Queen of W Port-","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear weather with light winds. At daylight they sighted Latta about 40 miles away, and in the afternoon they spotted another whaler, thought to be the Sea Queen of Westport.","where":"near land","place":"Latta"},{"date":"1864-07-25","events":[],"lat":-0.5185,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 25th\nCommences with light-wind from SE. at day\nLight-called all hands and commenced to\nBreak out- and stow down oil. In fore\nHold & fore peak. at- 5- PM sent a boat-\nOn board a Dutch merchant man for\nPapers. At- 5.30 finished stowing down at 6\nBoat returned with three papers a year\nBound to Liverpool\nclok","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"The crew spent the day shifting cargo and storing oil in the fore hold and forepeak. In the afternoon, they sent a boat to a Dutch merchant ship and returned with three year-old newspapers.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Got year-old newspapers from Dutch ship","quote":"Boat returned with three papers a year","interest":2,"topic":"letters"}],"where":"at sea","plate":"life.letters-a"},{"date":"1864-07-26","events":[],"lat":-0.6369,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 26th\nThis day light wind from SE at- 10 AM\nSaw BK Sea Queen at Ship duty during the\nday","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"Light winds blew from the southeast. The crew sighted the bark Sea Queen and carried on with routine ship's duty.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-07-27","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":4}],"lat":-0.7554,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 27th\n[drawing] SB.\nSB\nCommences with a light breeze from SE at- 2 PM\nRaised a school of Whales Lowered and Struck\nStarboard boat- getting a cow and calf Sea Queen\nabout 5 miles off She huffed up to us but whale\nHad gone at- sun down Capt- Gifford came aboard\nLB\nBB\n[blot]","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"The boats took four whales, including a cow and calf taken by the starboard boat. The Sea Queen approached after the rest of the school had gone, and Captain Gifford visited at sundown.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Sea Queen","rig":"","port":"","captain":"Gifford","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","catch":4,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1864-07-28","events":[],"lat":-0.8575,"lon":127.0726,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday July. 28th 1864\nCommences with a light\nBreeze from SE. at daylight-called all hands\nAnd commenced to cut-in at 10 Am finished\nCutting started the works at 6 PM.","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"Under a light southeast breeze, the crew began stripping blubber from a whale at daylight, finished by 10 a.m., and fired up the furnace to boil the oil at 6 p.m.","where":"at sea","via":[[127.05,-0.85]],"plate":"work.cutting-c"},{"date":"1864-07-29","events":[],"lat":-0.895,"lon":127.185,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fri 29th\nClear with light wind from SE at-day\nLight-stationed lookouts at mast-heads\nEmployed during the day at-boiling and\nCoopering. &c. the 4 whales turned up 45-Bbls","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear weather with light winds. The crew boiled blubber and coopered casks, with four whales yielding 45 barrels of oil.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-c"},{"date":"1864-07-30","events":[],"lat":-0.9325,"lon":127.2974,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 30th\nCommences fine with a nice breeze from SE\nAt daylight washed Ship and sent watch\nBelow at-4 Pm saw Sea Queen, at-Ship duty\nDuring the day.","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"]],"plain":"Fine weather with a nice breeze. The crew washed the ship, tended to ship duties, and sighted the Sea Queen in the afternoon.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-07-31","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"blue","count":null}],"lat":-0.95,"lon":127.4131,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 31st-\nCommences with light-south Easterly\nWind, at-daylight saw Sea Queen off weather\nBow, Saw a number of Sulpher Bottoms\nDuring the day.","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"Light southeasterly winds. At daylight, they saw the Sea Queen off the weather bow and sighted several blue whales throughout the day.","where":"at sea","via":[[127.35,-0.95]]},{"date":"1864-08-01","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"blue","count":null}],"lat":-0.95,"lon":127.5315,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday August - 1st 1864\nThis day commences\nwith light wind from S E, and hazy saw a\nNumber of Sulphur Bottoms, employed at\nShip duty during the day, a nice breeze\nContinued from SE,","wind":[["first","SE","light"],["middle","SE","moderate"]],"weather":["haze"],"plain":"Light winds and hazy weather. The crew saw a number of blue whales and carried on with routine ship duties.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-08-02","events":[],"lat":-0.85,"lon":127.55,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tues 2d\nNice and pleasant light breeze from S E,\nAt daylight sea quech about 40 miles off\nStanding into the island of Batchian","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"With pleasant weather and light breezes, the crew sighted Sea Quech about 40 miles off at daylight and headed in toward the island of Batchian.","where":"near land","place":"Batchian","via":[[127.55,-0.95]]},{"date":"1864-08-03","events":[],"lat":-0.85,"lon":127.55,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 3d\nLight - south easterly wind and hazy during\nthe day employed at coopering and other\nduties of the Ship.","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"weather":["haze"],"plain":"Light southeasterly winds and hazy weather; the crew worked at coopering and other routine ship's duties.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-08-04","events":[],"lat":-0.85,"lon":127.55,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 4th\nCommences with strong wind from S E\nAt daylight made preperations for stowing\noil at 4 P M finished stowing","wind":[["first","SE","strong"]],"plain":"Strong southeasterly winds. The crew prepared to store oil at daylight and finished storing it by four in the afternoon.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-08-05","events":[],"lat":-0.85,"lon":127.55,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid 5th\nThis day commences with heavy wind from\nS E quite rugged during the day","wind":[["first","SE","strong"]],"weather":["heavy sea"],"plain":"Heavy southeast winds and rough seas continued throughout the day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-08-06","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"blue","count":null}],"lat":-0.85,"lon":127.55,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday August 6th 1864\nThis day commences\nwith a nice breeze from S.E. and clear\nEmployed at coopering, a number of Sul Bottoms in\nsight during the day, saw Sea Queen\ndirectly ahead","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"The crew worked on casks in fine weather. Sulphur-bottom (blue whale) whales were in sight, with the Sea Queen ahead.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-08-07","events":[],"lat":-0.85,"lon":127.55,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sund 7th\nThis day commences clear with a good nice\nBreeze from SE. all was quiet during the day","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear weather and a good breeze from the southeast; all was quiet throughout the day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-08-08","events":[],"lat":-0.85,"lon":127.55,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 8th\nCommences fine breeze from S.E. broke out\nAft for Beef, Pork and slops, painted Bow\nBoat &c saw Sea Queen of lee beam.","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"]],"plain":"With a fine southeast breeze, the crew broke out provisions and clothes from aft, painted a boat, and sighted the Sea Queen off the lee beam.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-08-09","events":[],"lat":-0.85,"lon":127.55,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tues 9th\nCommences with a good breeze from SE\nAt 4 PM the island of Batchian about\n10 miles off. painted starboard boat.","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"]],"plain":"With a good southeast breeze, the island of Batchian was about ten miles away at 4 PM. The crew painted the right-side boat.","where":"near land","place":"Batchian"},{"date":"1864-08-10","events":[],"lat":-0.9003,"lon":127.4997,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednes 10th\nLight wind from SE. and hazy at 8 am.\nLand in sight 2 points on lee bow.","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"weather":["haze"],"plain":"Light winds and hazy weather; land was sighted in the morning.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-08-11","events":[],"lat":-0.95,"lon":127.4491,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday August-11th 1864\nCommences clear\nwith a nice breeze from S. E. crew employed at-\nship duty during the day, tacked ship and\nstood in towards the land so ends this day,","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear weather with a breeze from the southeast. The crew carried out routine ship's duties, and they turned to head in toward the land.","where":"near land","via":[[127.45,-0.95]]},{"date":"1864-08-12","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"blue","count":null}],"lat":-0.95,"lon":127.378,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid 12th\nThis day clear with a light breeze from S E\nsaw a number of Sulphur Bottoms during\nthe day. crew employed at- ship duty,","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear skies and a light breeze. They saw several blue whales during the day while the crew handled routine ship's work.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-08-13","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":-0.95,"lon":127.3068,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 13th\nClear with a nice breeze from S E. sent-\nmain sail down for repairs.\nsaw a large school of Black Fish, sent-\nM. sail aloft,","wind":[["whole","SE","moderate"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear skies with a pleasant breeze. The crew took down the mainsail for repairs, sighted a large school of pilot whales, and hoisted the sail back up.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-08-14","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"blue","count":null}],"lat":-0.95,"lon":127.2357,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 14th\nThis day light wind from S E. saw a\nnumber of Sulphur Bottoms. all was\nstill and quiet during this day.","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"Light winds blew from the southeast. They saw several sulfur-bottom whales, but otherwise all remained quiet.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-08-15","events":[],"lat":-0.95,"lon":127.1646,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mond 15th\nLight S E wind thick and cloudy.\nscrubbed ship fore & aft with sand\nLand about- 10 miles off","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"weather":["cloudy"],"plain":"In thick, cloudy weather, the crew scrubbed the ship from end to end with sand while sailing about 10 miles off land.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-08-16","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":-0.9081,"lon":127.1119,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday August-16.th 1864\nCommences with\nLight wind from S E. with frequent showers\nOf rain, at 4 30 saw a large school of\nBlackfish. at-7 pleasant, Land a bour-\n20 miles off.","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Light winds and frequent rain showers throughout the day. In the afternoon, the crew saw a large school of pilot whales, and land was spotted about 20 miles off.","where":"near land","via":[[127.15,-0.95]]},{"date":"1864-08-17","events":[],"lat":-0.8555,"lon":127.0641,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednes 17th\nThis day light- and varible winds.\nAt-8 [struck: 20 with] A m. saw Seaqueen of West-Port\nAt-sundown took in light sails","wind":[["whole","variable","light"]],"plain":"Light and variable winds. In the morning, they sighted the Sea Queen of Westport, and reduced sail at sundown.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-08-18","events":[],"lat":-0.8029,"lon":127.0162,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 18th\nThis day strong wind from S E. Seaqueen in\nSight-standing towards us, at-ship duty","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"plain":"Strong southeasterly winds continued as the Sea Queen came into sight, heading toward the ship. The crew spent the day on routine ship's work.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-08-19","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":-0.7502,"lon":126.9684,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid 19th\nModerate wind from S E. S Queen in sight-\nSent down Mizzen Stay and shortened it\nSaw Blackfish. hazy the greater part\nOf the day. at-ship duty,","wind":[["whole","SE","moderate"]],"weather":["haze"],"plain":"The ship had moderate southeast winds and hazy weather. The crew saw pilot whales, did maintenance on the mizzen stay, and kept the ship S Queen in sight.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-08-20","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-0.6976,"lon":126.9205,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat-20th\n[drawing: whale fluke]\nCommences fine with light- S E winds.\nSeaqueen in sight. at-4 P m saw a school\nOf Whales chased until sun down\nAnd returned to ship","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"With light winds, the Seaqueen was in sight. At 4 p.m., the crew saw a school of whales and put the boats out to chase them until sundown without success.","where":"at sea","plate":"chase.sperm-a"},{"date":"1864-08-21","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":-0.6449,"lon":126.8727,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday August 21st 1864\nCommences clear\nWith a light-breeze from SE at 6.30 A m raised\nA school of whales. Lowered the boats and\nChased 4 hours when Larboard boat\nstruck, the school [struck: left] took a NW course\nwhen they fell in with Sea Queens boats\nWho got one also. Latta 12 miles off.\n[drawing: whale fluke]","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"In the morning, the crew sighted a school of whales and put out the boats. After a four-hour chase, one boat harpooned a whale, and boats from the Sea Queen joined the pursuit and took one as well.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Sea Queen","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1864-08-22","events":[],"lat":-0.5923,"lon":126.8248,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 22nd\nCommence with a nice breeze from SE.\nEmployed at boiling and other duties\nOf the ship","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"]],"plain":"With a nice southeast breeze, the crew spent the day boiling blubber into oil and tending to routine ship duties.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-a"},{"date":"1864-08-23","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"finback","count":null}],"lat":-0.5397,"lon":126.777,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 23d\nLight wind from SE. Broke out after hole\nFor Beef Pork & Molasses saw a number\nOf Fin Backs.","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"With light winds from the southeast, the crew broke out provisions from the hold, including beef, pork, and molasses. They saw several finback whales.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-08-24","events":[],"lat":-0.487,"lon":126.7291,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednes 24th\nThis day light-southeasterly wind. sent down\nFore sail for repairs. at- 11.30 sent up\nAnd bent it-again.","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"Light southeasterly winds. The crew took down the foresail for repairs and put it back up by late morning.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-08-25","events":[],"lat":-0.4344,"lon":126.6813,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday August 25th 1864\nCommences with\nStrong wind from SE, at daylight sent Fly\nJib in for repairs at 10 AM sent it out -\nSent down Spanker and ripped it up\nAnd made a boat covring of it.","wind":[["first","SE","strong"]],"plain":"The crew sailed under strong southeast winds, repaired the flying jib, and took down the spanker sail to cut it up into a boat cover.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-08-26","events":[],"lat":-0.3818,"lon":126.6334,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid 26th\nLight wind from SE. broke out Fore holde\nStowed down one cask of oil. employed at\nCoopering and other Ship duties, saw Seaqueen\nHad a very thick day of it.","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"weather":["fog"],"plain":"In thick weather they worked on casks, stowed oil and saw the Sea Queen.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Sea Queen","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.spoke-b"},{"date":"1864-08-27","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"finback","count":null}],"lat":-0.3291,"lon":126.5856,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 27th\nThis day moderate wind from SE, sent\nDown Main Top Sail for repairs at 4. 30 Pm\nSent it up and bent it, saw a number of\nFin Backs during the day.","wind":[["whole","SE","moderate"]],"plain":"With moderate southeast winds, the crew took down the main topsail for repairs and reset it by late afternoon. They saw several finback whales during the day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-08-28","events":[],"lat":-0.2765,"lon":126.5377,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 28th\nThis day light wind from SE. all was quiet\nAnd nothing of note occurred during the day","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"Light winds from the southeast; all was quiet, and nothing of note happened.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-08-29","events":[],"lat":-0.2238,"lon":126.4899,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday 29th\nStrong breeze from SE. at daylight the island\nOf Margolong three Leagues off, squared\nthe yards and stiered NW. set up Fore Stay","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"plain":"With a strong breeze blowing, the crew sighted the island of Margolong at daylight about nine miles away. They squared the yards, sailed northwest, and tightened the forestay.","where":"near land","place":"Margolong"},{"date":"1864-08-30","events":[],"lat":-0.1712,"lon":126.442,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday August 30th 1864\nStrong wind from S E\nAt 4 PM the island of Marygolang abow 10 miles\nOff. hazy during the day employed at ship duty","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"weather":["haze"],"plain":"Strong southeasterly winds and hazy weather; the ship sighted the island of Marygolang about 10 miles away while the crew carried out routine ship's duty.","where":"near land","place":"Marygolang"},{"date":"1864-08-31","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"blue","count":null}],"lat":-0.1186,"lon":126.3942,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednes 31st\nThis day strong winds from S E. with thick and\nCloudy weather. saw a number of Sulphur Bottoms\nHad a heavy rain squall. clear & pleasant at sundown","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"weather":["cloudy","rain","squalls","clear"],"plain":"Strong southeasterly winds brought thick, cloudy weather and a heavy rain squall, clearing by sundown. The crew saw a number of blue whales but did not chase them.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-09-01","events":[],"lat":-0.0659,"lon":126.3463,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday September the 1st - 1864\nThis day comes\nIn clear with light S E winds. employed at\nCoopering and other duties of the ship","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear weather with light winds. The crew spent the day coopering and doing routine ship's duties.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-09-02","events":[],"lat":-0.0133,"lon":126.2984,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid 2nd\nCommences with light and variable winds\nWith thick and rainy weather. stowed down\nSome oil in main hold.","wind":[["first","variable","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"The crew experienced light, variable winds with thick, rainy weather and stored oil down in the main hold.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-09-03","events":[],"lat":0.0393,"lon":126.2506,"fixed":false,"entry":"Satrd 3d\nModerate winds from S E. at 3 oclock\nLowered and sent a boat along side the\nEnglish ship Labridore from Manilla\nBound to London","wind":[["whole","SE","moderate"]],"plain":"Under moderate southeast winds, the crew lowered a boat to board the English ship Labridore, bound from Manila to London.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Labridore","rig":"ship","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.spoke-c"},{"date":"1864-09-04","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":3}],"lat":0.092,"lon":126.2027,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday September 4th 1864\n[drawing] LB [drawing] WB [drawing] BB [drawing] Clear with light-\nwind from SE. at 11 AM raised a school\nof Whales. Lowered Larboard Waist & B Boats\nSucceeded in striking and at 3 PM had\nthree secured along side the ship.","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear skies with light southeast winds. At 11 a.m., the crew sighted a school of whales, put three boats out to chase, harpooned them, and secured three alongside by 3 p.m.","where":"at sea","catch":3,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1864-09-05","events":[],"lat":0.1446,"lon":126.1549,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 5th\nCommences fine with strong wind from SE\nEmployed at clearing away heads & boiling","wind":[["first","SE","strong"]],"plain":"The crew spent the day processing whale heads and boiling blubber into oil under strong southeast winds.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-b"},{"date":"1864-09-06","events":[],"lat":0.1973,"lon":126.107,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 6th\nStrong wind from SE. employed at boiling\nand other duties pertaining to Whaleing. at-\n4 PM finished boiling. Turned out 140 Bbls","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"plain":"Strong southeasterly winds blew as the crew boiled blubber and handled other whaling duties. They finished boiling at 4 p.m., producing 140 barrels of oil.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-09-07","events":[],"lat":0.2499,"lon":126.0592,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 7th\nLight wind from SE. crew employed at ship\nship duty during the day. at sundown clear\nwith moderate wind from South","wind":[["first","SE","light"],["latter","S","moderate"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Routine sailing with light to moderate winds; the crew carried out everyday ship duty.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-09-08","events":[],"lat":0.3025,"lon":126.0113,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 8th\nThis day commences fine with light wind from\nSE. employed at coopering during the day","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"Fine weather with light winds from the southeast while the crew spent the day coopering.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-09-09","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":0.3552,"lon":125.9635,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday September 9th 1864\nCommences with\na light breize from S E, saw a steamer\nsteering for Ternate, at - 3,30 passed\nwithin 1 1/2 mile of us. saw Blackfish\nrattled down Port side main rigging","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"Light breezes from the southeast. They spotted a steamer heading for Ternate that passed within a mile and a half, saw pilot whales, and worked on the rigging.","where":"near land","place":"Latta"},{"date":"1864-09-10","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":0.4078,"lon":125.9156,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 10th\nLight winds from S E, broke out- and\nstowed down oil in fore hold, finished\nthe Fore Peak, &cc, saw Blackfish","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"Under light southeasterly winds, the crew broke out and stowed oil in the fore hold and finished work in the forepeak. They saw pilot whales.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.stowing-b"},{"date":"1864-09-11","events":[],"lat":0.4604,"lon":125.8678,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 11th\nCommences with a light air from S E\nClear during the day,","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear weather and light airs; routine sailing with no whales seen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-09-12","events":[],"lat":0.5131,"lon":125.8199,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 12th\nLight S E wind employed at coopering\nduring the greater part of the day","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"With light southeast winds, the crew spent most of the day coopering.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-09-13","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":0.5657,"lon":125.7721,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 13th\nThis day commences with a light wing from\nS E, broke out after hold, at 11 45 raised\na school of whales, lowered, and maist boat\nstruck and got one whales did not sp[struck: ou]h\n[drawing]","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"The crew worked in the after hold in the morning. At 11:45 they sighted a school of whales, put out the boats to chase, and the waist boat harpooned and captured one.","where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1864-09-14","events":[],"lat":0.6184,"lon":125.7242,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday September 14th 1864\nCommences with\nA moderate wind from SE, employed at\nBoiling, coopering and so on, at 1 P m finished\nBoiling, whale makeing 15 Bbls","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"]],"plain":"The crew boiled blubber and coopered barrels in a moderate wind. They finished boiling at 1 p.m., with the whale yielding 15 barrels of oil.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-c"},{"date":"1864-09-15","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1},{"type":"whale","outcome":"lost","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":0.671,"lon":125.6764,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 15th\nThis day a light wind from SE, squared\nyards and run off, at 1.30 (W B) raised\nWhales, Waist Larboard and Starboard\nBoat struck but saved but Larboard Boat\nGot stove, Waist boat drawed, took\nWhale to ship and cut him in [drawing: whale] [struck: L B]","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"Boats lowered after sighting whales. Three boats harpooned whales, but one boat was smashed, another harpoon pulled out, and they secured only one whale, bringing it alongside to strip the blubber.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Whale smashed a whaleboat","quote":"Larboard Boat Got stove","interest":3}],"where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1864-09-16","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":2}],"lat":0.7236,"lon":125.6285,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday 16th\nThis day commences with a fine breeze\nFrom SE, at 2 Oclock A M started the\nWorks, at 8.30 A M (Geo Chase) raised\nWhales, cooled down and lowered L B\nBeing unfit to lower Waist, Bow & Larboard\nBoats Lowered, Starboard & Bow Boats\nSucceded in strikeing one each [struck: Charge]\nL B [drawing: whale]\nLargest whale took 30 Bbl in [drawing: whale]\nB B","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"]],"plain":"After starting to boil blubber early in the morning, the crew sighted whales at 8:30 a.m. Three boats gave chase, and both the right and bow boats succeeded in harpooning and catching a whale each.","where":"at sea","catch":2,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1864-09-17","events":[],"lat":0.7763,"lon":125.5807,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday September 17th 1864\nCommences with\nLight wind from S.E, At-2.30 a m started the\nWorks, &ce, employed at-boiling & coopering &ce","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"Light winds from the southeast. The crew started up the try-works early in the morning and spent the day boiling blubber and coopering casks.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-b"},{"date":"1864-09-18","events":[],"lat":0.8289,"lon":125.5328,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday 18th\nClear with light wind from S.E, at-4 a m\nFinished boiling the fare was 70 Bbls","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear weather with light winds. At 4 a.m., the crew finished boiling down the blubber, yielding 70 barrels of oil.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-09-19","events":[],"lat":0.8815,"lon":125.485,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday 19th\nHazy with light wind from S.E. employed at-\nCoopering the greater part of the day.","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"weather":["haze"],"plain":"Hazy weather with light southeasterly winds. The crew spent most of the day coopering.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-09-20","events":[],"lat":0.9342,"lon":125.4371,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday 20th\nCommences with a light breeze from S E. Hazy,\nAt-daylight broke Out-main hold for Water\nAt-10 am wore ship and steered W.N.W\nRun past an English. Brig and luffed to wind","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"weather":["haze"],"plain":"The crew broke out water from the main hold, turned the ship, and sailed past an English brig.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-09-21","events":[],"lat":0.9868,"lon":125.3893,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 21st\nThis day a light-wind from S. at-daylight-\nCommenced to stow down, at-6.30 Pm finished","wind":[["whole","S","light"]],"plain":"With light winds from the south, the crew spent the day stowing oil barrels in the hold, finishing around 6:30 p.m.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.stowing-c"},{"date":"1864-09-22","events":[],"lat":1.0395,"lon":125.3414,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday 22nd\nThis day a nice breeze from southward. at day\nLight commenced stowing the remainder\nOf the oil, at 5 30 PM finished stowing","wind":[["whole","S","moderate"]],"plain":"With a nice breeze from the south, the crew began stowing down the rest of the oil at daybreak and finished by 5:30 p.m.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-09-23","events":[],"lat":1.0921,"lon":125.2936,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday September 23d 1864\nCommences nice\nWith a fine breeze from S employed in sitting\nUp Shooks for water. at 4 PM gamed with Sea\nQueen.","wind":[["first","S","moderate"]],"plain":"The crew assembled water casks from pre-cut staves. At 4 PM, they had a social visit with the Sea Queen.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Sea Queen","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.visit-a"},{"date":"1864-09-24","events":[],"lat":1.1447,"lon":125.2457,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturd 24th\nLight wind from southward. employed\nIn repairing Fore Top Sail. at 4 Pm sent it [illegible]","wind":[["whole","S","light"]],"plain":"The crew spent the day repairing the fore-topsail and set it back up at 4 p.m. under light southerly winds.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-09-25","events":[],"lat":1.1974,"lon":125.1979,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 25th\nCommences with a nice breeze from S. Ship\nSteering W.N.W. at 12.30 steered N W. at sun\nDown Luffed to wind","wind":[["first","S","moderate"]],"plain":"Fine weather with a nice breeze from the south, and no whales seen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-09-26","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mond 26\n[drawing] Commenced with a light breeze from S\nSteering NW. at 8 am got up cables and\nBent them. got a overhead boat out to get\nWater. at 10 Am droped boath anchors\nIn 7 fathoms of water of the town of Kema","wind":[["first","S","light"]],"plain":"With light southerly breezes, the crew prepared their cables and sent a boat ashore for water. At 10 a.m., they dropped both anchors off the town of Kema.","where":"at anchor","place":"Kema","at":"kema"},{"date":"1864-09-27","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 27th\nCommences with a strong breeze from S\nAt daylight took raft on shore for water\nCould not take raft on board on acco[superscript: unt]\nOf heavy sea and strong wind.","wind":[["first","S","strong"],["whole","","strong"]],"weather":["heavy sea"],"plain":"Strong southerly winds blew throughout the day. At daylight, the crew took a water raft ashore, but heavy seas and strong winds prevented them from bringing it back aboard.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-09-28","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday September 28th 1864\nClear with a\nstrong breeze from the Sea, &c, at 2 Oc boat-\nwent on shore for casks, at 7 a m returned\nwith 8 cask, got breakfast went on shore\nfor 4 more to ship, at 2 P m went on\nshore to rod the remainder of the cask\ndown the river to the beach","wind":[["whole","","strong"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Boats went ashore multiple times to fetch casks and roll the rest down the river to the beach.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-09-29","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursd 29th\nStrong wind from the Sea at 4 A m\nsent boats after the remainder of raft-","wind":[["whole","","strong"]],"plain":"With strong winds blowing in from the sea, the crew sent out boats at four in the morning to retrieve the rest of a raft.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-09-30","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid 30th\nSent the raft in shore filled them\nRooled them down, come on board\nAnd Painted ship,","plain":"The crew sent a raft ashore to fill casks, rolled them down, returned aboard, and painted the ship.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-10-01","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday October 1st 1864\nCommences with a strong sea breeze, at 4 a m sent\nthe boats in after the raft, returned at 6 a m\nfor breakfast and sent the starboard watch\non liberty, at sun down all returned to ship","wind":[["first","","strong"]],"plain":"Early in the morning, boats were sent ashore to collect a raft. Later, half the crew was granted liberty ashore and returned to the ship by sunset.","where":"at anchor"},{"date":"1864-10-02","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday October 2nd, 1864\nCommences with\na strong sea breeze at 7 a.m. sent Port\nWatch on liberty, & returned at sundown","wind":[["first","","strong"]],"plain":"A strong sea breeze blew as the port watch went ashore on liberty at 7 a.m. and returned at sundown.","where":"in port"},{"date":"1864-10-03","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday 3d\nThis day strong breeze from the sea, &\nSent Starboard Watch on liberty\nSent a boat after them at sundown but\ndid not all come on board","wind":[["whole","","strong"]],"plain":"With a strong breeze blowing in from the sea, half the crew went ashore on liberty. A boat was sent for them at sunset, but not all of them returned.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Crew failed to return from liberty","quote":"Sent a boat after them at sundown but did not all come on board","interest":3}],"where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-10-04","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday 4th\nPleasant with a light-breeze of share, Port-\nWatch on liberty, at sundown sent the\nBoat after the watch, all returned\nwith the exception of two Joseph Silva a\nPortuguese, & Benjamin Fereira a Spaniard\nWho ran away","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"plain":"With pleasant weather and a light offshore breeze, the port watch went ashore on liberty. When the boat went to pick them up at sundown, two men had deserted: Joseph Silva, a Portuguese, and Benjamin Fereira, a Spaniard.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Two crewmen deserted while on shore leave","quote":"all returned with the exception of two Joseph Silva a Portuguese, & Benjamin Fereira a Spaniard Who ran away","interest":5,"topic":"desertions"}],"where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-10-05","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 5th\nCommences with a light-shore breeze.\n& 9 a m a strong breeze from S. sent-\nfor cask on shore for water returned\nat 6 clock a.m,","wind":[["first","","light"],["first","S","strong"]],"plain":"With breezes off the shore, a boat was sent ashore for water casks and returned.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1864-10-06","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thursday October 6th 1864\nPleasant with a light\nBreeze from SE, at daylight hove short\nOur chain, at 7 AM made sail and left\nthe Town of Kema with three bushels of Yams\nwhich we paid 4 rupees a Pickle for (133 lbs)\nAnd four Pickles of Sweet Potatoes 5 rupees a\nPickle this being all they had it not being\nthe right season for them, repairing Larboard Boat.","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"The crew set sail and departed the town of Kema after buying yams and sweet potatoes, though supplies were limited because it was out of season. They also repaired a boat.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Bought yams and sweet potatoes at Kema","quote":"this being all they had it not being the right season for them","interest":2}],"where":"near land","place":"Kema","at":"kema"},{"date":"1864-10-07","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid 7th\nCommences with a fine breeze from S.W.\nMaking our way to Latta island","wind":[["first","SW","moderate"]],"plain":"They sailed along in a fine southwest breeze, making their way toward Latta Island.","where":"at sea","place":"Latta island"},{"date":"1864-10-08","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 8th\nLight southerly wind, at 4 O C finished\nthe Larboard Boat and set her on her cranes\nAt 4.30 PM steered SE by E.\n\n[drawing]\nLatta","wind":[["whole","S","light"]],"plain":"The crew experienced light southerly winds. At 4:00, they finished work on the left-side whaleboat and mounted it back on its cranes.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-10-09","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sund 9th\nCommences with fine weather at day\nLight saw a ship of lee beam which proved\nTo be the Gazelle of N Bedford Capt Worth\nCapt and Wife came on board and\nSpent the day, She told me that she got [struck: intor] acquai[struck: nted]\nwith Albert my brother [struck: [illegible]] while she was at Mauritius [struck: waiting] for\nher husband and he in the Vanderbilt\n\n[margin text across left of Sunday entry:]\n25 yds of print\nChaising Whal[es]\nfour ship saw\none struck\nhad one missd\nboat st[ove?]","plain":"Captain Worth and his wife from the Gazelle of New Bedford spent the day aboard. She shared news of meeting the keeper's brother Albert in Mauritius while he was serving on the Vanderbilt.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"A captain's wife brought news of family","quote":"","interest":5},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Gazelle","rig":"ship","port":"N Bedford","captain":"Worth","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.visit-b"},{"date":"1864-10-10","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday October 10th 1864\nCommences with a\nCalm, Gazelle about 4 miles off, Capt & Wife\nLowered a boat and pulled to her Capt\nReturned at 11 A m leaveing his Wife","wind":[["first","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"In calm weather, the captain and his wife took a boat over to visit the Gazelle about four miles away. The captain returned alone at 11 a.m., leaving his wife aboard the other ship.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Captain left his wife visiting another ship","quote":"leaveing his Wife","interest":5},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Gazelle","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.visit-c"},{"date":"1864-10-11","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday 11th\nThis day a nice breeze from S, W, three sails\nIn Sight, at 4 PM Capt Gifford of Seaqueen\nCame on board staying 1/2 hour Capt Bee\nWent on board Gazelle after his wife Ret\nAt 11 Oc PM without her, Squared the\nYards and steered N, N, E,","wind":[["whole","SW","moderate"]],"plain":"Captain Gifford of the Sea Queen visited briefly. Captain Bee then went aboard the Gazelle to fetch his wife, but returned at 11 p.m. without her.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Captain returned without his wife","quote":"went on board Gazelle after his wife Ret At 11 Oc PM without her","interest":4},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Seaqueen","rig":"","port":"","captain":"Gifford","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Gazelle","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.visit-a"},{"date":"1864-10-12","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 12th\nFine with a light southerly wind, at 6 Oc\nLuffed to wind Gazelle about 2 miles off\nCapt went on board, at 10 PM returned with Wife","wind":[["whole","S","light"]],"plain":"Fine weather with light southerly winds. The captain visited the Gazelle, returning at 10 p.m. with his wife.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Gazelle","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.visit-b"},{"date":"1864-10-13","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 13th\n[encircled: Calm] Duty\nClam during the day employed at ship","wind":[["whole","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"The ship lay becalmed throughout the day while the crew carried out routine ship's work.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-10-14","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid 14th\nCommences with a light breeze from NE,\nWith thick & rainy weather, steering SW\nAt 3 Oc luffed to wind,","wind":[["first","NE","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"The ship sailed southwest through thick, rainy weather before turning into the wind at 3 o'clock.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-10-15","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday Oct 15th 1864,\nThis day light - from\nthe N with heavy rain, squalls, Ship steering\nNW by N Bark Seaqueen in sight,","wind":[["whole","N","light"]],"weather":["rain","squalls"],"plain":"Light winds and heavy rain squalls. The bark Seaqueen was in sight.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-10-16","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 16th\nCommences with a calm, at 3 Pm had\nA light breeze from the westward, and\nLuffed to the wind,","wind":[["first","","calm"],["first","W","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"Started with calm conditions before a light westerly breeze picked up in the afternoon, allowing the crew to head into the wind.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-10-17","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mond 17th\nLight southerly winds, at 12 Oc kept her NW\nAt sundown the island of Celebes in sight\nBearing NW,","wind":[["whole","S","light"]],"plain":"They sailed under light southerly winds and sighted the island of Celebes to the northwest at sundown.","where":"near land","place":"Celebes"},{"date":"1864-10-18","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesd 18th\nLight breeze from the South, Course NW\nFor Kema, at 11 20mi had a number of\nRain squalls,","wind":[["whole","S","light"]],"weather":["rain","squalls"],"plain":"They sailed northwest toward Kema with a light south breeze, encountering several rain squalls around late morning.","where":"at sea","place":"Kema"},{"date":"1864-10-19","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 19th\nCalm, at 11 Oc had a light breeze from\nS, steering ENE, at 4 Oclock Pm got up\nAncr bent Larboard chain,","wind":[["whole","","calm"],["whole","S","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"After a calm morning, a light breeze picked up around 11 o'clock. In the afternoon, the crew readied an anchor and attached the left chain.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-10-20","events":[],"lat":1.25,"lon":125.15,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thursday October 20th 1864.\nCommences with a\nLight-breeze from off shore, the town of\nKema about- 2 miles off, at- 7 30 lowered a\nBoat- and went- on shore and got our\nMen who had been in prison, two weeks,\nShip anchored went- on board and\nAt- 11 A m took our anchor and went\nout","wind":[["first","","light"]],"plain":"Near Kema, a boat went ashore and retrieved crewmen who had been imprisoned there for two weeks. The ship anchored briefly, brought them aboard, weighed anchor at 11:00 AM, and sailed out.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Retrieved imprisoned crewmen from shore","quote":"got our Men who had been in prison, two weeks","interest":3}],"where":"at anchor","place":"Kema","at":"kema"},{"date":"1864-10-21","events":[],"lat":1.0143,"lon":125.4214,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid 21 st-\nThis day light wind and pleasant weather\nAt- 9 A m bent a new Main Sail, employed\nAt ship duty","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"plain":"Fine weather with light winds. The crew attached a new mainsail and carried out routine ship's duties.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-10-22","events":[],"lat":0.7786,"lon":125.6929,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat- 22nd\nCommences with light-winds from S W\nWith pleasant- weather, nothing of note,","wind":[["first","SW","light"]],"plain":"Light winds and pleasant weather, with nothing of note to report.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-10-23","events":[],"lat":0.5429,"lon":125.9643,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sund 23d\nCommences with a light-breeze from S W\nWith pleasant- weather, all was quiet the day","wind":[["first","SW","light"]],"plain":"Light southwest breezes and pleasant weather; all was quiet throughout the day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-10-24","events":[],"lat":0.3071,"lon":126.2357,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mond 24th\nCommences with a light-westerly wind with\nthick rainy weather,","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"The day brought light westerly winds and thick, rainy weather. Nothing else was reported.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-10-25","events":[],"lat":0.0714,"lon":126.5071,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday October 25-1864.\nCommences with\nA light winds from S, at 3 Oclock saw a\nSail on weather beam which proved to\nBe the Sea Queen takeing whales along side","wind":[["first","S","light"]],"plain":"With light winds from the south, the crew sighted a ship on the weather beam, which turned out to be the Sea Queen bringing whales alongside.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-10-26","events":[],"lat":-0.1643,"lon":126.7786,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 26th\nPleasant with light southerly winds, at-\n10 AM saw BK Sea Queen boiling at-\n[struck: X] at- 6.20 min passed within two ships\nLengths of Wolf Rock,","wind":[["whole","S","light"]],"plain":"Under pleasant skies and light southerly winds, they sighted the bark Sea Queen boiling blubber, and later passed within two ship lengths of Wolf Rock.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Passed dangerously close to Wolf Rock","quote":"passed within two ships Lengths of Wolf Rock","interest":3}],"where":"near land","place":"Wolf Rock","plate":"work.trying-c"},{"date":"1864-10-27","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 27th\nThis day light- and varible winds saw\nthe Island of Latta 10 miles","wind":[["whole","variable","light"]],"plain":"The crew experienced light, variable winds and sighted the island of Latta ten miles off.","where":"near land","place":"Island of Latta"},{"date":"1864-10-28","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fri 28th\nLight-air and pleasant- weather, sent-\ndown the Fore Sail and repaired it, at-\n4 sent- it- up and bent- it-","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"plain":"Light breezes and pleasant weather. The crew took down the foresail, repaired it, and put it back in place by 4 o'clock.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-10-29","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat- 29th\nCommences with a light- breeze from\nW, at- daylight- broke out- Fore hold\nFor Bread & flour,","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"plain":"The crew had a light breeze from the west and broke out bread and flour from the forward hold at daylight.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-10-30","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday October 30th 1864\nLight westerly\nwind and thick hazy weather employed\nas usual Frigging about ship.\n[margin:","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"weather":["haze"],"plain":"Light westerly winds and thick, hazy weather. The crew was busy as usual with routine chores around the ship.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-10-31","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":5,"notable":true}],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mond 31st | L B]\nLight winds from S. at daylight mate A. Brown\nRaised a school of whales! Chased and\nTook five of them. L Boat getting two\nBB SB\n[margin: [whale stamp] | [whale stamp] | [whale stamp]] [whale stamp] 15 B [whale stamp] BB [whale stamp] SB\nTook them to the ship and commenced\nto cut in. at 6.45 P.M. had them cut in.\nBk Seaqueen was 8 miles off when we\nGot these five whales & knew nothing of it","wind":[["whole","S","light"]],"plain":"At daylight the mate spotted a school of whales. The crew put out boats, chased them, and caught five, bringing them all alongside and finishing stripping their blubber by early evening.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Took five whales unnoticed by nearby ship","quote":"Bk Seaqueen was 8 miles off when we Got these five whales & knew nothing of it","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","catch":5,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1864-11-01","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday November the 1st 1864\nThis day light winds and clear weather\nEmployed at boiling clearing away heads &c\n[margin:","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Light winds and clear weather. The crew was busy boiling blubber and processing whale heads.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-a"},{"date":"1864-11-02","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 2nd]\nCommences fine with light S E winds\nEmployed at boiling Breaking out\nshooks & setting them up, at sundown\nSeaqueen about 1 mile off.","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"The crew boiled blubber and assembled casks from staves, with fine weather and light winds. At sundown, the Seaqueen was about a mile away.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-11-03","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday November the 3d 1864,\nCommences\nWith light-varible and pleasant weather\nFinished boiling at- 3 P.m the [illegible] [struck: turnied up] 65 Bbls","wind":[["first","variable","light"]],"plain":"The ship had light, variable winds and pleasant weather. The crew finished boiling blubber at 3 p.m., yielding 65 barrels of oil.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-11-04","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fri 4th\nThis day light-varible air and pleasant\nWeather. Employed at coopering the oil","wind":[["whole","variable","light"]],"plain":"Light, variable breezes and pleasant weather. The crew spent the day coopering oil barrels.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-11-05","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 5th\nCommences with light & varible wind with\nRainy weather at- daylight broke out-\nthe after hatch for provession at 12 kept-\nHer off N at- sundown luffed and\ntook in light-sails","wind":[["first","variable","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Light, variable winds brought rainy weather. The crew opened the after hatch to get provisions and reduced sail at sundown.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-11-06","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 6th\nCommences with light-airs and pleasant-\nWeather, Ship steering N, one sail in\nSight- called the Sea-Queen","wind":[["first","","light"]],"plain":"Light winds and pleasant weather as the ship steered north. They sighted one vessel, identified as the Sea-Queen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-11-07","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 7th\nCommences with light-varible winds\nAnd pleasant weather, at-daylight-\nCommenced stowing [struck: down] oil in after\nHatch abreast-chain pen","wind":[["first","variable","light"]],"plain":"With light, variable winds and pleasant weather, the crew spent the day after dawn stowing oil down the after hatch.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.stowing-a"},{"date":"1864-11-08","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday November the 8th 1864\nThis day\nCalm and rainy weather employed at\nwashing ship, at sun down took in light sails","wind":[["whole","","calm"]],"weather":["calm","rain"],"plain":"Calm and rainy weather; the crew spent the day washing the ship.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-11-09","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 9th\nCommences with a calm, at 10 a m had a\nlight breeze from the S steered N at 3 P m\nLuffed to the wind on the off shore tack\nLand about 10 miles off (Latta)","wind":[["first","","calm"],["first","S","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"Calm conditions gave way to a light breeze in the morning. By afternoon, the ship turned offshore, with the land of Latta about ten miles away.","where":"near land","place":"Latta"},{"date":"1864-11-10","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 10th\nLight-variable wind and pleasant weather\nEmployed at ship duty","wind":[["whole","variable","light"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with light, variable winds while the crew carried out routine ship duties.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-11-11","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fri 11th\nThis day pleasant weather with light winds\nEmployed through the day in setting up\nall the Fore rigging","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with light winds as the crew spent the day tightening the ship's forward rigging.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-11-12","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat - 12th\nThis day light-winds from S W, employed\nin the fore rigging.","wind":[["whole","SW","light"]],"plain":"Light winds from the southwest while the crew worked on the forward rigging.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-11-13","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 13th\nWinds S. and light-steering N.N.W, one\nsail in sight-at sundown Luffed to wind\nAnd took in light-sails.","wind":[["whole","S","light"]],"plain":"Light winds from the south as the crew steered north-northwest. They sighted one ship, turned toward the wind at sunset, and reduced light sail.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-11-14","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday November 14th 1864,\nCommences with pleasant weather and light-\nwind, the island of Latta 15 miles off, Bk Sea\nQueen in sight- employed in setting up main\nRigging, at 11 A M had a heavy Rain squall","wind":[["first","","light"]],"weather":["rain","squalls"],"plain":"With light winds and the island of Late visible 15 miles off, the crew set up the main rigging. The bark Sea Queen was in sight, and a heavy rain squall struck at 11 a.m.","where":"near land","place":"Latta"},{"date":"1864-11-15","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 15th\nthis day light-wind from the south\nsteeling N. by. W employed in setting\nup migen rigging,","wind":[["whole","S","light"]],"plain":"Light winds blew from the south as the ship steered north by west. The crew spent the day tightening the mizzen rigging.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-11-16","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 16th\nthis day light-wind from S steering N\nAt- 7 A M luffed to wind, employed\nin setting up mizen top mast rigging","wind":[["whole","S","light"]],"plain":"Light winds blew from the south as they steered north. In the morning, they turned into the wind to set up the mizzen topmast rigging.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-11-17","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"grampus","count":null}],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 17th\nthis day a slick calm, employed at\nShip duty, saw a number of Grampuses,","wind":[["whole","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"A dead calm stopped the ship while the crew went about routine shipboard duties. They saw a number of grampuses during the day.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Grampuses seen during a calm","quote":"saw a number of Grampuses","interest":1}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-11-18","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":true,"entry":"Fry 18th\nCommences with a light air from S\nAt- 7 A M a slick calm and very hot-\ncapt- took Waist- Boat and went a\nFishing to a bush that is comonly\nseen in great numbers with a current\n[heading, top right] Off Latta","wind":[["first","S","light"],["middle","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"In calm, very hot weather off Latta, the captain took the waist boat and went fishing around a floating bush.","where":"near land","place":"Latta"},{"date":"1864-11-19","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday November the 19th\nThis day a\nCalm and hot as any one can wish\nto see it. employed at Ship duty.","wind":[["whole","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"The day was calm, hot, and spent doing routine work aboard the ship.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Keeper complained of the heat","quote":"Calm and hot as any one can wish to see it.","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1864-11-20","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 20th\npleasant with a light-air from S W.\n[struck: &] Nothing occurred of note during the day","wind":[["whole","SW","light"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with light airs from the southwest, and nothing noteworthy happened all day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-11-21","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 21st\nThis day light-air & calm, employed at-\nShip duty during the day, at Sundown\ntook in light sails","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"Calm conditions and light air. The crew was busy with shipboard duties during the day and took in the light sails at sundown.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-11-22","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tues 22nd\nLight air and calm. Latta in sight-\nSaw a large breach. employed as usual","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"With light airs and calms, the ship kept Latta in sight. A large whale breached, and the crew was busy with routine duties.","where":"near land","place":"Latta"},{"date":"1864-11-23","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 23d\nThis day light air and calm. employed\nat repairing Davit-Takles &cc.","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"Light winds and calms left the ship barely moving while the crew repaired the davit tackles.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-11-24","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 24th\nThis day light air & calm. sent down\nFore Top Gallant Sail for repairs, at 4 20m\nSent it up again and bent it.","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"Calm conditions and light air. The crew took down the fore topgallant sail for repairs and reset it later that afternoon.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-11-25","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday November the 25th 1864.\nThis day light air\nAnd calm, saw a large school of Blackfish\nMen employed at ship duty","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"Light winds and calms. They saw a large school of pilot whales, and the crew did routine ship's duty.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-11-26","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat 26th\nThis day light air and calm, employed at—\nSetting up Mizen Top mast shrouds, and\nPainted the head work Sea Queen in sight\nLarra island about 25 miles dist.—","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"In light airs and calms, the crew tightened the rigging and painted the head work. The Sea Queen and Larra Island were both in sight.","where":"near land","place":"Larra island"},{"date":"1864-11-27","events":[],"lat":-0.7667,"lon":126.9083,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sund 27th\nThis day light air and calm, ran and\nGamed with the Sea Queen of West Port—","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"Light winds and calms. The crew visited with the Sea Queen of Westport.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Sea Queen","rig":"","port":"West Port","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.visit-c"},{"date":"1864-11-28","events":[],"lat":-1.1333,"lon":126.7667,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 28th\nThis day light air and calm, at daylight—\nBroke out after hold for Beef, Two sails in\nSight—rove M T G Halyards.","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"With light airs and calm seas, the crew fetched beef from the after hold and tended to routine rigging work. Two other ships were in sight.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-11-29","events":[],"lat":-1.5,"lon":126.625,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 29th\nThis day light air, at daylight saw a\nBark which proved to be the Osceola of\nBedford 20 months out 400 Bbls","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"plain":"With light airs, they sighted the bark Osceola of New Bedford, 20 months into its voyage with 400 barrels of oil.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Osceola","rig":"bark","port":"Bedford","captain":"","months_out":20,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.spoke-a"},{"date":"1864-11-30","events":[],"lat":-1.8667,"lon":126.4833,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 30th\nThis day light air and calm two sails\nin sight— Osceola steering to South, currant setting to [illegible] / 3 miles an [illegible]","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"With light airs and calm conditions, two other vessels were in sight, including the Osceola steering south while a current carried the ship at three miles an hour.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-12-01","events":[],"lat":-2.2333,"lon":126.3417,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday December the 1st 1864.\nThis day light airs and heavy squalls\nthundeled heavy and lightined viviod\nRove new fore Top sail halyards, currant\nSetting us south 30 miles in 24 hours,","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["squalls","thunder","lightning"],"plain":"The crew endured heavy squalls with vivid lightning and heavy thunder while replacing rigging, drifting 30 miles south with the current.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Heavy squalls with vivid lightning","quote":"thundeled heavy and lightined viviod","interest":3,"topic":"storms"}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-12-02","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-2.6,"lon":126.2,"fixed":true,"entry":"Fridy 2nd\n[drawing: whale fluke]\n[marginalia:] Off\n[marginalia:] [illegible] Besser\n[marginalia:] 6 miles off\n[marginalia:] shore\nThis day light air and calm at daylight\nEntered pitts passage between Bouro and\nXoulla Besser, at 7 20 min raised a\nSchool of whales lowered boats L B went on\nBut the whale heard the boat, did not strike","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"Entering Pitts Passage between Bouro and Xoulla Besser under light air and calms, the crew spotted a school of whales and put out the boats. One boat approached, but the whale heard it and they could not harpoon it.","where":"near land","place":"pitts passage between Bouro and Xoulla Besser","plate":"chase.sperm-b"},{"date":"1864-12-03","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":2}],"lat":-2.15,"lon":125.85,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat 3d\nThis day of the island of Xoulla Besser\nIn Pitts passage, at 2. 20 Pm raised a\nSchool of whales lowered and got two. W B\n[drawing of islands / land profile]","plain":"Cruising off the island of Xoulla Besser in Pitt's Passage, they sighted a school of whales in the afternoon, put the boats out, and caught two.","where":"near land","place":"island of Xoulla Besser","via":[[125.85,-2.55]],"catch":2,"plate":"caught.sperm-d","at":"sulabesi"},{"date":"1864-12-04","events":[],"lat":-2.15,"lon":125.85,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 4\nThis day light airs and calm, at daylight\nCut the whales in a startled the work","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"In light airs and calms, the crew stripped the blubber from their whales at daylight and started boiling oil.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.cutting-c"},{"date":"1864-12-05","events":[],"lat":-2.15,"lon":125.85,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mon 5th\nThis day calm with squalls. at 10 O C\nbooled down, Besser 15 miles off.","wind":[["whole","","calm"]],"weather":["calm","squalls"],"plain":"The ship experienced calms and squalls, and finished boiling blubber into oil at 10 o'clock.","where":"near land","place":"Besser","plate":"work.trying-b","at":"sulabesi"},{"date":"1864-12-06","events":[],"lat":-2.15,"lon":125.85,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tuesday December the 6th 1864\n[drawing]\nXulla Bessey\nThis day commences with\nLight wind from South try ing, to work through\nthe passage, the island Xulla Bessey bearing\nW, at 12 Oclock A.M a sail reported from aloft\nsteering to the N. called her a merchantman\n[struck: Em] employed at coopering Oil.","wind":[["first","S","light"]],"plain":"With light winds, the ship worked through the passage off the island of Xulla Bessey. The crew spotted a merchant vessel heading north and spent the day coopering oil casks.","where":"near land","place":"Xulla Bessey","at":"sulabesi"},{"date":"1864-12-07","events":[],"lat":-2.55,"lon":125.9495,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednes 7th\nThis day begins with light varible winds. and\nCalms, currant setting us E about 1\nKnot per hour, at 4 O C saw two sails\nsteering to the Eastward, employed as\nUsual at ship duty such as coopering\nAnd makeing preperations for stowing\nstarboard side bluber room. This day\nwhile at work in bluber room heuing\nAway a beam to put a cask the Capt\nCut his right hand very bad with\nthe Coopers Adz.","wind":[["first","variable","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"The crew attended to ship duties, coopering and preparing to stow blubber. While chopping away a beam to fit a cask in the blubber room, the captain badly cut his right hand with an adze.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Captain badly cut by an adze","quote":"the Capt Cut his right hand very bad with the Coopers Adz","notable":true,"interest":3,"topic":"accidents"}],"where":"at sea","via":[[125.85,-2.55]]},{"date":"1864-12-08","events":[],"lat":-2.2754,"lon":126.2687,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 8th\nThis day calm and clear. Men employed at\nstowing down oil in the Starboard side\nOf Blubber room, [struck: raised spouts and came]\n[struck: then Whales lowered boat proved to be Fin Back]","wind":[["whole","","calm"]],"weather":["calm","clear"],"plain":"In calm, clear weather, they stowed oil in the starboard side of the blubber room.","where":"at sea","via":[[126.15,-2.55]],"plate":"work.stowing-c"},{"date":"1864-12-09","events":[],"lat":-1.817,"lon":126.467,"fixed":true,"entry":"Friday December the 9th 1864\nThis day a light\n[drawing of island]\nLissamatula\nAir from the N.W. heading N.N.E. by the wind\ntrying to get around the East end of Lissamatula\nWe have given up trying to get through Pitts\nPassage, broke out after hold for provision, the island\nLissamatula bearing S. S.W. Dist, 3. miles","wind":[["whole","NW","light"]],"plain":"The crew gave up trying to sail through Pitt's Passage and tried to get around the east end of Lissamatula instead, three miles off. They broke out provisions from the aft hold.","where":"near land","place":"Lissamatula","at":"lifamatola"},{"date":"1864-12-10","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":-1.75,"lon":127.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat 10th\nThis day light air & calm. the islands Lissamatula\nand Oby Major in sight. Oby bearing about\nN.W by W. 20 miles off. at 5 Oc. P.M. a good smart\nBreeze from N W. men employed at ship\nDuty, Saw a number of schools of Blk Fish\n[drawing of island]\nOby Major","wind":[["first","","light"],["first","NW","fresh"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"With light airs and calm weather, the crew sighted the islands of Lissamatula and Oby Major. The men carried out routine ship's duty and saw several schools of pilot whales.","where":"near land","place":"Oby Major","via":[[127.65,-1.85]],"at":"obira-island"},{"date":"1864-12-11","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"grampus","count":null}],"lat":-1.75,"lon":127.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sun 11th\nCommences with light winds from N W to W\nOby Major bearing, N E distant 8 miles\nSaw Grampuses. All was quiet during the\nDay. Several adjacant isles in sight.","wind":[["first","NW","light"]],"plain":"The crew sailed past Oby Major and several neighboring islands with light winds, seeing grampuses during a quiet day.","where":"near land","place":"Oby Major","at":"obira-island"},{"date":"1864-12-12","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-1.75,"lon":127.967,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mon 12th\nThis day Light varible wind Little Oby in\nSight bearing E. N.E. 10 miles Dist. at 11..30.\nA M. raised a large breach and called\nWhales. but could not get to it being so far off","wind":[["whole","variable","light"]],"plain":"With light, variable winds and Little Oby in sight, the crew spotted a whale breaching in the distance at 11:30 a.m. but could not reach it because it was too far off.","where":"near land","place":"Little Oby"},{"date":"1864-12-13","events":[],"lat":-0.85,"lon":127.55,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tuesday December the 13th 1864.\nCommences with\nLight winds from N W Ship by the wind on\nPort tack. the island of Batchian bearing\nNE distance 25 miles, men engaged\nthroug the day at Ship duty [flourish]","wind":[["first","NW","light"]],"plain":"Light winds with the island of Batchian twenty-five miles away. The crew spent the day on routine ship's duties.","where":"near land","place":"island of Batchian","via":[[127.95,-1.85],[128.25,-1.75],[128.15,-1.45]]},{"date":"1864-12-14","events":[],"lat":-1.2164,"lon":127.1836,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednes 14th\nThis day commences with a moderate wind\nFrom S.W. and continued so through the\nday, currant setting N, at sundown the\nIsland of Maregolang in sight bearing NE\nDistance 20 miles. nothing more worthy of note","wind":[["whole","SW","moderate"]],"plain":"Moderate winds continued through the day. At sundown, the island of Maregolang was in sight about 20 miles to the northeast.","where":"near land","place":"Maregolang"},{"date":"1864-12-15","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"finback","count":1}],"lat":-1.5828,"lon":126.8172,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 15th\nThis day commences with amodrate barible\nwinds from S. W to W. S.W with frequent\nshowers of rain, the island of Latta in sight\nBearing E. NE, dist 25 miles. saw one F. Back","wind":[["first","variable","moderate"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"They sailed with moderate winds and frequent rain showers, with the island of Latta in sight about 25 miles away. They saw one finback whale.","where":"near land","place":"Latta"},{"date":"1864-12-16","events":[],"lat":-1.65,"lon":126.3268,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday 16th\nThis day moderate wind from the S, ship\nsteering W.S.W probably for Grey Hound strait\nCurrant setting to the N a little being\nOn the decrease of the moon. employed\nat Ship duty through the day, no land seen","wind":[["whole","S","moderate"]],"plain":"With moderate southerly winds, the ship steered west-southwest, likely heading for Greyhound Strait, while the crew attended to routine shipboard duties.","where":"at sea","place":"Grey Hound strait","via":[[126.75,-1.65]]},{"date":"1864-12-17","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-1.75,"lon":125.85,"fixed":true,"entry":"Saturday December the 17th 1864\nThis day begins\nwith pleasant weather and light wind from\nthe ship steering S.W. by W. saw a number of\nwhite wales called Grampuses by our Wise\nCaptain at sundown the island of\nMangola bearing South distance 35 miles","wind":[["first","","light"]],"plain":"With pleasant weather and light winds, they steered southwest by west. They saw several white whales that the captain called grampuses, and sighted the island of Mangola at sunset.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Keeper mocked the captain's whale identification","quote":"called Grampuses by our Wise Captain","interest":1}],"where":"near land","place":"Mangola","via":[[125.95,-1.65]]},{"date":"1864-12-18","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-1.65,"lon":123.35,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sun 18th\nThis day comes in with a nice breeze from ENE\nShip steering for Grey Hound Straits at 11.20\nAM raised a school of whales going to the West\nLowered but gallied them. Waist Boat\nDarted but did not strike. at sundown\nGrey Hound Strait bearing WSW, 25 miles\n[drawing: whale fluke]\nnor","wind":[["first","ENE","moderate"]],"plain":"While steering toward Greyhound Strait, the crew spotted a school of whales heading west and put out the boats. The waist boat threw a harpoon but missed, and the whales were frightened off.","where":"near land","place":"Grey Hound Strait","via":[[125.05,-1.55],[124.25,-1.55],[123.65,-1.75],[123.55,-1.85]],"plate":"chase.sperm-c"},{"date":"1864-12-19","events":[],"lat":-1.65,"lon":123.35,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mon 19th\nThis day commences with pleasant weather with\nLight air from N. by E. ship cruising for a day\nor so in the Grey Hound passage (or at the mouth\nof it at sundown the Straits bearing W.S.W. 26-\n0","wind":[["first","N by E","light"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with light breezes as the ship cruised near the mouth of Greyhound Strait.","where":"near land","place":"Grey Hound passage"},{"date":"1864-12-20","events":[],"lat":-1.65,"lon":123.35,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuseday December the 20th 1864\nThis day commences\nwith light air and calms at sundown a light\nBreeze from N.N.E. kept the ship off to go\nthrough the Straits which bear S.S.W. After\nSupper had some disturbance with or\nBetween William Macomber (a boatsteerer)\nAnd Manuel J Rodgers: 4th mate Macomber\ntaking a knife fidel and then Rodgers\ntaking the Porpoise Iron","wind":[["first","","light"],["first","NNE","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"Light winds and calms gave way to a breeze as they steered for the straits. After supper, a fight broke out between harpooner William Macomber and the fourth mate, Manuel J. Rodgers, involving a knife and a harpoon.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Harpooner and fourth mate fought with weapons","quote":"Macomber taking a knife fidel and then Rodgers taking the Porpoise Iron","interest":5},{"kind":"crew","title":"Disturbance between boatsteerer and fourth mate","quote":"had some disturbance with or\nBetween William Macomber (a boatsteerer)\nAnd Manuel J Rodgers: 4th mate","interest":1}],"where":"near land","place":"the Straits"},{"date":"1864-12-21","events":[],"lat":-1.65,"lon":123.35,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 21st\nThis day comes in with modrate wind from\nthe North Ship steering for the Straits, at [PM or] 4,,15\nIn the passage where we sounded and got\n21 fathoms. no mast heads after 2 Oclock P.M.\nNo currant runing at all.","wind":[["first","N","moderate"]],"plain":"The ship headed for the straits with moderate northern winds. In the passage, the crew took soundings at 21 fathoms and found no current running at all.","where":"near land","place":"the Straits"},{"date":"1864-12-22","events":[],"lat":-1.65,"lon":123.35,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 22nd\nThis day comes in nice and pleasant. with\nLight winds from N.E. Last night at 11,,15 min\nPassed through the Grey Hound Straits\nShip stearing W.by S with a strong currant\nsetting to the South. after noon had\nA rain squall but no wind with it","wind":[["first","NE","light"]],"weather":["rain","squalls"],"plain":"Nice weather with light winds. The ship passed through Greyhound Strait during the night, met a strong southward current, and had an afternoon rain squall without wind.","where":"near land","place":"Grey Hound Straits"},{"date":"1864-12-23","events":[],"lat":-2.5399,"lon":123.35,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday December the 23 [superscript: d] 1864,\nThis day commences\nwith thick rainy weather, at 12 Oclock A M pleasant\nwith the wind from the N steering, W, by S\nAt 2 P M the island of Waxway, bearing W by S\n[struck: kepth kept the ship of] [illegible] [struck: at]\n5 Oclock sau the island Bengela. bearing\nS by W distanct 20 miles,","wind":[["middle","N",""]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Thick, rainy weather gave way to pleasant conditions by noon. Later in the day, the crew sighted the islands of Waxway and Bengela.","where":"near land","place":"Waxway"},{"date":"1864-12-24","events":[],"lat":-3.4298,"lon":123.35,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 24th\nThese twenty four hours begins with pleasant\nweather, moderate wind from N. ship steering\nSouth, passed a number of islands laing\nto the South of Waxway, all was quiet during\nthe day excepting the moise which arose from\nvice bench where they are makeing the\nCarpenters chest over smaller,","wind":[["first","N","moderate"]],"plain":"With pleasant weather, the ship sailed south past several islands south of Waxway. All was quiet aboard except for the noise of rebuilding the carpenter's chest smaller at the workbench.","where":"near land","place":"Waxway"},{"date":"1864-12-25","events":[],"lat":-4.3197,"lon":123.35,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 25th\nCommences with light air from the N\nship steering S. at 1 Oclock P,M, sau\nA merchant bark steering for Pitts\nPassage,","wind":[["first","N","light"]],"plain":"Light winds from the north as the ship steered south. In the afternoon, they sighted a merchant bark heading for Pitt's Passage.","where":"at sea","place":"Pitts Passage"},{"date":"1864-12-26","events":[],"lat":-5.05,"lon":123.05,"fixed":true,"entry":"Monday December the 26th 1864\nThis day\n[drawing] comes in with a strong breeze from\nN.W. ship cruising of the island of\nBouton, saw 4 merchantman come\nthrough the passage, also a prow, a (Malay boat)","wind":[["first","NW","strong"]],"plain":"Cruising off the island of Bouton in a strong northwest breeze, the crew saw four merchant ships pass through the strait, along with a Malay prau.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Spotted a Malay prau","quote":"also a prow, a (Malay boat)","interest":2}],"where":"near land","place":"island of Bouton","via":[[123.35,-4.85]],"at":"buton"},{"date":"1864-12-27","events":[],"lat":-5.05,"lon":123.05,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tuesd 27th\nThis day begins with strong wind\nFrom the North ship cruising of the\nBouton passage, saw two merchant-man\ncome through, After dinner commenced\nto rain and continued so until Sundown","wind":[["first","N","strong"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Strong northerly winds blew as the ship cruised off the Bouton passage. They saw two merchant vessels come through, followed by rain from midday until sunset.","where":"near land","place":"Bouton passage"},{"date":"1864-12-28","events":[],"lat":-5.05,"lon":123.05,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 28th\nThis day begins with moderate wind\nFrom SW, ship cruising by the wind of the\nBouton passage, afternoon had a very\nSevere squall which lasted 1 hour, took\nin all sail. At 5 PM saw one sail in\nthe passage steering to the Eastward,","wind":[["first","SW","moderate"]],"weather":["squalls"],"plain":"The ship cruised off Bouton passage. A severe one-hour squall forced the crew to take in all sail in the afternoon, and they later spotted another vessel heading east.","where":"near land","place":"Bouton passage"},{"date":"1864-12-29","events":[],"lat":-4.4,"lon":124.7,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday December the 29th\nThis day comes in pleasant\nwith modrate wind from S.W. ship steering E.\nAt 7 O clock the island out of sight. after noon\nthe wind hauled to the N.W. kept the ship off.\nAnd steerd N.E. saw nothing worthy of note.","wind":[["first","SW","moderate"],["middle","NW",""]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with moderate winds as the ship sailed on. Land was lost to sight by 7 o'clock, with nothing else notable seen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1864-12-30","events":[],"lat":-3.75,"lon":126.35,"fixed":true,"entry":"Fry the 30th\nThis day commences with modrate wind from\nN.W. ship steering N.E.by.E. at 3 Oclock P.M.\nRaised the island of Bouro. bearing [struck: South] [insertion: end]\nN.E. at sundown distance 35 miles.","wind":[["first","NW","moderate"]],"plain":"The ship sailed under moderate northwest winds. At 3:00 p.m., the crew sighted the island of Bouro about 35 miles away.","where":"near land","place":"island of Bouro","at":"buru"},{"date":"1864-12-31","events":[],"lat":-3.75,"lon":126.35,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat the 31st\nThis day commences with a rain squall. had\nthe wind from the N.W. at 12 Oclock pleasant\nCommenced to paint the house in side &\nout. at 3 O clock came on squally again\nAnd washed it of again, The 2nd mate\nHad a very seveir attaker of the wind\nCollic. At sun down Bourro bearing N.E. 25 m","wind":[["first","NW",""]],"weather":["rain","squalls"],"plain":"Squalls disrupted work, washing away freshly applied paint from the house inside and out. The second mate suffered a severe attack of wind colic, with Bourro in sight at sundown.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Second mate suffered severe colic","quote":"The 2nd mate Had a very seveir attaker of the wind Collic","interest":3,"topic":"sickness"}],"where":"near land","place":"Bourro","at":"buru"},{"date":"1865-01-01","events":[],"lat":-3.8667,"lon":127.1833,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sunday January the 1st 1865\nCommences with\nthick rainy weather with heavy squalls, wind\nW.S.W ship cruising by the wind, at sundown\nthe island of Amblan bearing, N,E, by N 30 miles","wind":[["first","WSW",""]],"weather":["rain","squalls"],"plain":"The crew experienced thick, rainy weather with heavy squalls while cruising by the wind. At sundown, the island of Amblan was about 30 miles away.","where":"near land","place":"island of Amblan","via":[[126.55,-3.95]]},{"date":"1865-01-02","events":[],"lat":-3.873,"lon":127.185,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mon 2nd\nthis day commences with light wind from N.W,\nship by the wind standing in shore, at 9 Oclk\nAmblan bearing, N E by E dist 25 miles, tacked\nand stood of shore, at 1 Oclk P.M. tacked on\nAgain thick and rainy during the after\nnoon, at sundown Amblan bearing, N E\nDistance 30 miles Currant setting East","wind":[["first","NW","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"The crew sailed back and forth off Amblan under light winds, with thick and rainy weather in the afternoon.","where":"near land","place":"Amblan"},{"date":"1865-01-03","events":[],"lat":-3.873,"lon":127.185,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 3d\nthis day comes in with pleasant weather with\nModrate wind from W.S.W ship by the\nwind, at 2 O clock kept off and run 10\nMiles, sent doun Fore Top Sail for repairs","wind":[["first","WSW","moderate"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather and moderate winds. The crew sailed by the wind, changed course in the afternoon to run ten miles, and took down the foretopsail for repairs.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-01-04","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-3.873,"lon":127.185,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 4th\n[in margin: Amblan / bearing / E by S / 20 M]\nthis day commences with a heavy squall\nwhich lasted untill 1 O clock P,M,\nCurrent setting to the West. at 5 O\nClock P M saw a large breach","weather":["squalls"],"plain":"A heavy squall lasted until early afternoon while the current carried the ship westward. At five in the afternoon, they saw a large breach.","where":"near land","place":"Amblan"},{"date":"1865-01-05","events":[],"lat":-3.75,"lon":126.35,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thursday January the 5th 1865\nThis day begins\nWith pleasant weather and a nice modrate\nWind [insertion: from East] which lasted untill 12 Oclock A M\nThen cam on a squall which lasted 2 hours\nChlit-flying jibb sent down (Fore) Main\ntop Sails for repairs. bent it again at 1 PM\nAt sundown wind from W [insertion: NW.] Bouro bearing\n[marginal:","wind":[["first","E","moderate"],["latter","WNW",""]],"weather":["squalls"],"plain":"Pleasant weather gave way to a two-hour squall at midday. The crew split a sail, brought down the main topsail for repairs, and put it back in place an hour later.","where":"near land","place":"Bouro","via":[[126.45,-3.95]],"at":"buru"},{"date":"1865-01-06","events":[],"lat":-5.517,"lon":127.533,"fixed":true,"entry":"Fry 6th] This day comes in rain with a strong doudle\nReeff top sail breeze from the NW at day\nLight the Lucepin islands bearing S E to\nAt sundown a large reef in sight bearing\nW.S.W. this day struck a marl spoke in\nthe hand while making a Crinkle\n[marginal:","wind":[["first","NW","strong"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Raining with a strong breeze as the crew sighted the Lucepin islands and later spotted a large reef. The keeper accidentally stabbed himself in the hand with a marlinspike while working on a rope grommet.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Keeper stabbed hand with a marlinspike","quote":"struck a marl spoke in the hand while making a Crinkle","interest":5,"topic":"accidents"}],"where":"near land","place":"Lucepin islands"},{"date":"1865-01-07","events":[],"lat":-5.4167,"lon":127.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat the 7th] This day comes in with a modrate gale from\nthe W. at day light Lucepera bearing N E to\nAt 4 PM wind from W fair modrated\ndown to a strong breeze at sundown\nTurtle islands bearing N distance 12 miles","wind":[["first","W","gale"],["middle","W","strong"]],"weather":["gale"],"plain":"A moderate gale blew from the west before easing to a strong breeze. Lucepera and the Turtle Islands were in sight during the day.","where":"near land","place":"Turtle islands"},{"date":"1865-01-08","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":3}],"lat":-5.4167,"lon":127.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sunday January the 8th 1865,\n[drawing]\nOB LB\nThis day commences\nwith strong winds from W. N, W at-daylight\nTurtle Island Bearing, WNW, distanced 8 miles\nAt-9 Oclock (Dick a niggar) raised a school\nof Whales at- 9 1/2 A M lowered and at\n4, 45- PM had three of them at-the Ship\nCut-them finished at- 7 PM, at-sun\ndown the island bearing N, W, by, W- 15 miles\n[margin drawing of whale with text: B.B. - 40 11]","wind":[["first","WNW","strong"]],"plain":"Near Turtle Island, the crew spotted a school of whales, put the boats out, and brought three back to the ship, finishing stripping their blubber by 7 PM.","where":"near land","place":"Turtle Island","catch":3,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1865-01-09","events":[],"lat":-5.4167,"lon":127.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mon 9th\nThese twenty four hours begins with thick hazie\nweather strong breze from the, S, W, at-\nDaylight Turtle Island bearing S, W, at\n11 Oclock AM started the works, men engaced\nIn-boiling minceing & clearing away head\nAt-sundown the island bearing NNW 10 miles","wind":[["first","SW","strong"]],"weather":["haze"],"plain":"In thick, hazy weather off Turtle Island, the crew fired up the works, boiling blubber, mincing it, and clearing away the whale's head.","where":"near land","place":"Turtle Island","plate":"work.trying-c"},{"date":"1865-01-10","events":[],"lat":-5.4167,"lon":127.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tues 10th\nThis day modrate wind from W. N. W, men\nemployed at boiling and minceing had\nNo squalls, Cooled down at-2 O clock P M\nAt sundown Turtle island bearing NNW 10 miles","wind":[["whole","WNW","moderate"]],"plain":"The crew spent the day boiling blubber and finished around two o'clock in the afternoon. By sunset, Turtle Island was in sight ten miles to the north-northwest.","where":"near land","place":"Turtle island"},{"date":"1865-01-11","events":[],"lat":-5.2083,"lon":128.2875,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday Jan. the 11th 1865\nThis day comes\nIn with pleasant weather strong breeze from\nW.N.W. at daylight the islands bearing N.W.\nbent down Fork sail for repairs, unbent\nF. Tops sail and ribbed it up. at 5 PM bent\nthe FourSail. Coopred the Oil &c\nAt sundown the island bearing N W by W 10 miles","wind":[["first","WNW","strong"]],"plain":"They had pleasant weather and strong breezes while sailing within sight of islands. The crew repaired and reattached the foresail, worked on the foretopsail, and coopering casks of oil.","where":"near land","place":"islands"},{"date":"1865-01-12","events":[],"lat":-4.9999,"lon":128.825,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursd 12th\nThis day begins with anode rate wind from N.W. by W.\nAt daylight sent down foretop gallant sail for repairs\nSaw a malay Prou (a boat) steering for Banda isles.\nAt 3.20 PM bent a new main tops sail, nothing to [illegible]\nBe seen of the land since daylight Lowther N.W.","wind":[["first","NW by W","moderate"]],"plain":"With moderate winds, the crew repaired and replaced sails. They sighted a Malay proa steering toward the Banda Islands, but saw no land after daylight.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Sighted a Malay proa","quote":"Saw a malay Prou (a boat) steering for Banda isles.","interest":2}],"where":"at sea","place":"Banda isles"},{"date":"1865-01-13","events":[],"lat":-4.7914,"lon":129.3625,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fry 13th\nCommences with strong wind from the West\nAt 11.30 A M had a very severe squall which\nCaught the ship aback and broke the\nMain Top sail Yard short off, sent\nDown the wreck and took a spar\nThat was once a Crockett yard and\nCommenced to fit it, Saw no land\n[drawing: boat]\nProw bound to Banda","wind":[["first","W","strong"]],"weather":["squalls"],"plain":"A severe squall caught the ship aback around 11:30 a.m. and snapped the main topsail yard clean off. The crew cleared the wreckage and began fitting a replacement spar.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Severe squall snapped the main topsail yard","quote":"had a very severe squall which Caught the ship aback and broke the Main Top sail Yard","interest":3}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-01-14","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":true,"entry":"Saturday Jan the 14th\nCommences with\nModerate winds from W.S.W. employed at\nMakeing [struck: Main] Top Sail yard, at 12 oclock\nHad it a loff with the sail bent to it;\nHad a very heavy squall at 12 O clock\nWhich lasted 1 1/2 hours at day light saw\nWhat was called land suppossed to be Banda","wind":[["first","WSW","moderate"]],"weather":["squalls"],"plain":"The crew made and rigged a new topsail yard. After enduring a heavy squall around midday, they sighted land at daylight, believed to be Banda.","where":"near land","place":"Banda"},{"date":"1865-01-15","events":[],"lat":-5.4167,"lon":127.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sun 15th\nThis day begins with strong winds from W.S.W.\nAt day light Turtle island bearing S distance\n8 milles, at 9 O clock A M while passing by\nthe island saw a small schooner piled\nHigh and dry, soon after saw men on the\nBeach, Lowered Larboard boat and went on\nShore to render assistance, but they did\nNot like to leave the craft till they had\nTryed more to get her of, The men were\nMalays and couled not speak any English\nBut made signs that they were hungry [struck: bu]\nthis Nantucket Son of a Bitch would not\nSend them any thing but came on board\n(squared yards and run of) at sundown land bearing 10 milles","wind":[["first","WSW","strong"]],"plain":"Near Turtle Island, they found a wrecked schooner and its Malay crew on the beach. The men refused to abandon their vessel and signed that they were hungry, but the captain refused to give them any food and sailed away.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Captain refused food to shipwrecked crew","quote":"this Nantucket Son of a Bitch would not Send them any thing","interest":1}],"where":"near land","place":"Turtle island"},{"date":"1865-01-16","events":[],"lat":-5.4167,"lon":127.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Monday January the 16th 1865\nBegins with strong\n[struck: at] West wind, at daylight commenced stowing down\nOil in the Port side of the Blubber Room, at 8 Oclock\nUp wheel and run [struck: of] NE. at 12 Oclock oil all stowed\nand run of E,S,E, and run all day Leaving those\nPoor malays on Turtle island to starve, at [insertion: miles]\nSun set the island bearing W,N,W distance [struck: 4] 40\nRun all night E,N,E, Luff up to wind at 5 Ock am","wind":[["first","W","strong"]],"plain":"The crew stored oil in the blubber room, then sailed east-southeast all day, leaving \"those poor Malays on Turtle Island to starve.\" By sunset, the island was 40 miles behind them.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Left Malays to starve on Turtle Island","quote":"Leaving those Poor malays on Turtle island to starve","interest":3}],"where":"near land","place":"Turtle island"},{"date":"1865-01-17","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tues 17th\nThis day blowing a moderate gale, from WSW,\nAt daylight the island of Banda in sight\nBearing ENE, kept the ship off and at 9 O\n[drawing: anchor] Clock, came to an anchor of Banda Cotte\n[marginal note in text: Anchored] where we were boarded by the harbor\nMaster who could not speak any English,\nFound a number of merchantmen laying to\nAn anchor, four [insertion: in] fathoms of water under us\n[marginal note: had sit rainy through\nthe day 12 men on shore]","wind":[["whole","WSW","gale"]],"weather":["gale","rain"],"plain":"In a moderate gale, the ship anchored at Banda Neira, where a harbor master who spoke no English boarded them. Several merchant vessels were also at anchor, and twelve crew members went ashore in the rain.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Harbor master spoke no English","quote":"boarded by the harbor Master who could not speak any English","interest":2}],"where":"at anchor","place":"Banda"},{"date":"1865-01-18","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 18\nThis day light wind from over the volcano\nEmployed at setting up shooks for water\nBent Royn Fore Top Sail and sent up the\n[marginal note: the main Top Sail] had no rain through the day","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"plain":"With light winds blowing from over the volcano, the crew assembled water casks and worked on the sails, having no rain all day.","where":"near land","place":"volcano"},{"date":"1865-01-19","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thursday Jan the 19th 1864\nThis day comes in\npleasant, at daylight sent a raft of cask, on\nshore for water on the opsisite side of the bay\nof Banda, at 3 oclock got the raft to the ship\nPainted the ships name, a [insertion: going on] great trade,","plain":"The crew sent a raft of casks ashore across the bay of Banda for water, bringing it back at 3:00. They painted the ship's name and carried on a lively trade with the locals.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Crew traded with locals ashore","quote":"","interest":3}],"where":"in port","place":"Banda"},{"date":"1865-01-20","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid 20th\nThis day comes in pleasant, but had a number of\nheavy squalls during the day, Starboard watch\non shore on liberty, finished painting the stern\nAt sunset men all returned with the exception\nof William Macomber, Soams and Luis Bla","weather":["squalls"],"plain":"Despite heavy squalls, the crew finished painting the stern while the starboard watch had shore leave. At sunset, the men returned except for William Macomber, Soams, and Luis Bla.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Three crewmen failed to return from leave","quote":"men all returned with the exception of William Macomber, Soams and Luis Bla","interest":3,"topic":"desertions"}],"where":"in port"},{"date":"1865-01-21","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 21st [blot]\nThis day, a mumber of persons came from\nthe shore to trade, at 7 o clk A m sent the\nPort watch on shore most of them stoped\non shore during the night,","plain":"People came aboard from shore to trade. Half the crew was sent ashore at seven in the morning, and most of them stayed on land for the night.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Locals came aboard to trade","quote":"a mumber of persons came from the shore to trade","interest":2}],"where":"in port"},{"date":"1865-01-22","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sund 22nd\nThis day a strong buisness in the way of trade\nsent the Starboard watch on liberty At night\nMost of them returned","plain":"Trading was brisk throughout the day, and half the crew was sent ashore on liberty. Most of them returned by nightfall.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Starboard watch sent ashore on liberty","quote":"a strong buisness in the way of trade sent the Starboard watch on liberty","interest":3}],"where":"in port"},{"date":"1865-01-23","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday Jan the 23d 1865\nthis day pleasant\nAt 7 Am sent Port watch on liberty\nEmployed at mending Sails, at sundown\nI returned to ship the only one that did","plain":"The left watch was granted shore leave at 7 AM while those aboard mended sails. By sunset, the keeper was the only crewman to return to the ship.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Crew failed to return from liberty","quote":"at sundown I returned to ship the only one that did","interest":3},{"kind":"crew","title":"Port watch sent on liberty","quote":"sent Port watch on liberty","interest":1}],"where":"in port"},{"date":"1865-01-24","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 24th\nthis day the liberty was stoped at 7 Oclk\nsent the boats in after a raft of water.\nAt 12 Am returned to ship with raft\ngot 150 Bbls of water at this port;","plain":"Shore liberty was stopped at 7:00, and boats were sent ashore for fresh water. They returned at noon with a raft, taking on 150 barrels of water in all at this port.","where":"in port"},{"date":"1865-01-25","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 25-\nthis day all hands loafing around excepting\ntracking;","plain":"The crew spent the day loafing around, doing nothing except tracking.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Crew spent the day loafing","quote":"all hands loafing around excepting tracking","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1865-01-26","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 26th\nthis day at 8 Oclk Am took our anchor\nAnd left the town of Banda in company\nwith two Arab ships who were bound to\nthe Key islands, left in port the Bark\nNever Dispair formerly the Rodman of\nBedford. after noon light air from [illegible]\nAt sundown Banda bearing SW\nDistanse 35 miles","wind":[["middle","","light"]],"plain":"At 8 a.m. they raised anchor and departed Banda alongside two Arab ships bound for the Kai Islands, leaving behind the bark Never Despair.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Never Dispair","rig":"bark","port":"Bedford","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"near land","place":"Banda","plate":"gam.spoke-b"},{"date":"1865-01-27","events":[],"lat":-4.583,"lon":129.9,"fixed":true,"entry":"Friday Jan. the 27th 1865-\nThis day moderate winds\nFrom the E. a most uncomon wind. at day\nLight Banda bearing S.W. dist 35 miles, engaged\nAt painting the boats inside at sundown\nthe island of Ceram bearing N by E dist 30 mil","wind":[["whole","E","moderate"]],"plain":"The crew painted the insides of the whaleboats. At daybreak, Banda was 35 miles to the southwest, and by sundown, Ceram lay 30 miles to the north-northeast.","where":"near land","place":"Banda"},{"date":"1865-01-28","events":[],"lat":-3.45,"lon":129.65,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat 28th\nThese twente four hours Light airs from the East\nthe island of Ceram bearing N by E dist 20 mil","wind":[["whole","E","light"]],"plain":"Light easterly winds. The island of Ceram was sighted about twenty miles to the north-northeast.","where":"near land","place":"Ceram","at":"seram"},{"date":"1865-01-29","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":-3.45,"lon":129.65,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sun 29th\nThis day commences with pleasant weather an\nA nice breeze from the N.S.W. at sundown\nThe island of Ceram bearing N [illegible] dist 70 miles\nSaw a number of islands Laying to the\nEastward of Ceram, saw sevral schools of\nBlackfish but did not lower for them","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"plain":"They sailed in pleasant weather with Ceram and neighboring islands in sight, and spotted several schools of pilot whales but did not put out the boats for them.","where":"near land","place":"Ceram","at":"seram"},{"date":"1865-01-30","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"killer","count":null}],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mon 30th\nThis day begins with pleasant weather a snice\nBreeze from the N.W. at sundown the\nIsland of Goram bearing W.S.W. dist 30 miles\nSaw a large school of Killers","wind":[["first","NW",""]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with a nice breeze from the northwest. In the evening, the island of Goram was thirty miles to the west-southwest, and they saw a large pod of killer whales.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Saw a large pod of killer whales","quote":"Saw a large school of Killers","interest":1}],"where":"near land","place":"Goram"},{"date":"1865-01-31","events":[],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tuesday Jan the 31st 1865\nThis day commences\nwith pleasant weather moderate winds from\nN.W. at. 1 Oclock P.M. sent two boats on shore\nAt. Goram to trade with the natives but\nAll was to be got was a few Coconuts and\na few Shells, at sunset Goram bearing S.W.","wind":[["first","NW","moderate"]],"plain":"They sent two boats ashore at Goram to trade with the natives, but could get only a few coconuts and shells.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Traded with natives on Goram","quote":"trade with the natives but All was to be got was a few Coconuts and a few Shells","interest":5}],"where":"near land","place":"Goram"},{"date":"1865-02-01","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 1st - [drawing]\nThis day commences with light winds\nfrom N.W. at 8 Oclock saw a bark to\nLeeward whaling, lowered our boats,\n[drawing] And got to them 1. Oc PM it proved to\nBe the Mary of Edgartown. she got four\nHad them. dead when we got to them\nChased the school Wdist Boat\nMissed twice got nothing, at sunset\nGoram bearing S,W, dist 30 miles","wind":[["first","NW","light"]],"plain":"They saw the bark Mary of Edgartown taking whales and put out their boats to join the hunt. The Mary had already killed four, and their own waist boat missed twice and caught nothing.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Mary","rig":"bark","port":"Edgartown","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":"AV09178"}],"where":"near land","place":"Goram","plate":"chase.sperm-a"},{"date":"1865-02-02","events":[],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 2nd\nThis day a moderate breeze from the S.W.\nSaw nothing excepting the Mary who\nwas engaged at boiling, At 2 Oclk\ngamed with her, at sundown Goram\nbearing N.W. dist 30 miles","wind":[["whole","SW","moderate"]],"plain":"They had a moderate southwest breeze. At 2:00, they visited with the Mary, which was busy boiling blubber.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Mary","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":"AV09178"}],"where":"near land","place":"Goram","plate":"gam.visit-a"},{"date":"1865-02-03","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Friday February the 3d 1865,\nThis day commences\nwith a nice breeze from the W at daylight\nthe Bark on the inshore tack, at 9 Oclk\nA.M. John Washburn raised a school of\nWhales coming quick to windward,\nLowered the boats and chased, at 12 Oclk\nWhales milled to leaward, succeeded in\nGeting one at sundown Goram bearing [struck: 20 miles]\n[struck: S] W","wind":[["first","W","moderate"]],"plain":"In the morning, John Washburn spotted a school of whales heading into the wind. The crew put out the boats to chase and succeeded in catching one around noon.","where":"near land","place":"Goram","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1865-02-04","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat the 4th\nThis day a nice breeze from the westward\nAt daylight commenced to cut in, at\n8 Oclk started the works, at 5-PM,\nSaw a large breach but it was to late\nAt sundown the island bearing SW,\nSighted the New Guinea shore, & Saw Mary","wind":[["whole","W","moderate"]],"plain":"The crew began stripping blubber at daylight and started boiling oil at 8 o'clock. Late in the afternoon, they spotted a whale breaching, but it was too late to chase, and sighted New Guinea at sundown.","where":"near land","place":"New Guinea","plate":"work.cutting-c","at":"new-guinea"},{"date":"1865-02-05","events":[],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 5th\nThis day had a slick calm the greater\nPart off the day, at 7 Oclock coold down A M\nCaught three cowfish that made 20\nGallons, at sundown Goram bearing bearing\nWbS W 60 miles","wind":[["whole","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"The ship lay in a dead calm for most of the day. The crew cooled down the try-works and caught three cowfish (small whales or dolphins), which produced 20 gallons of oil.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Caught three cowfish (small whales or dolphins) for oil","quote":"Caught three cowfish that made 20 Gallons","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","place":"Goram","plate":"work.trying-a"},{"date":"1865-02-06","events":[],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Monday Feb the 6th 1865\nThis day commenced\nwith moderate wind from N.W ship runi[ng]\nOff all day gainst a strong currant-\nBark Mary in sight, at 3 PM gamed he[r]\nAt sundown Goram bearing W dist 30 m[iles]","wind":[["first","NW","moderate"]],"plain":"They sailed against a strong current under moderate winds, in sight of the bark Mary, and visited with her at 3 PM. At sundown, Goram was 30 miles to the west.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Mary","rig":"bark","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":"AV09178"}],"where":"near land","place":"Goram","plate":"gam.visit-c"},{"date":"1865-02-07","events":[],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tues 7th\nThis day light breeze from N.W ship\nRun Off all day bark Mary in sight\nAt sundown Goram bearing S.W dist 35 [miles?]","wind":[["whole","NW","light"]],"plain":"Light breezes blew from the northwest as the ship ran off all day with the bark Mary in sight. At sundown, Goram was visible 35 miles to the southwest.","where":"near land","place":"Goram"},{"date":"1865-02-08","events":[],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 8th\nThis day light air from N W ship stiring\nS by E all day but could not make any\nHead way as the currant sets us ar se[t?]\nthree knots per hour South, employed\nat repairing an old topsail, made\nA gaff topsail to Bow Boat, at sundown\nGoram bearing S W dist 20 miles Mary [insertion: in sight]","wind":[["whole","NW","light"]],"plain":"With light airs and a three-knot opposing current, the ship struggled to make headway. The crew repaired an old topsail and fitted a gaff topsail for the bow boat. At sundown, Goram was in sight, along with the ship Mary.","where":"near land","place":"Goram"},{"date":"1865-02-09","events":[],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday Feb the 9th 1865\nIt is a nice pleasant\nday the air what theer is of it from the SW and\nit is a our birth day Sally Jane the bark\nMary in sight-steiring off to the south as well\nas our selves, at sundown Goram bearing [struck: W] [insertion: ship 25] W\nCurrant-setting to the N three knots.","wind":[["whole","SW","light"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with light breezes from the southwest. The keeper noted it was \"our birthday Sally Jane\" as they sailed south alongside the bark Mary.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Keeper noted a birthday for Sally Jane","quote":"it is a our birth day Sally Jane","interest":2}],"where":"near land","place":"Goram"},{"date":"1865-02-10","events":[],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fry 10th\nthis day commences with a light breeze from\nSW ship steiring to the SE had it very rainy\nduring the fore part of the day, nothing goin\non excepting pointing a cutting fall, at\nsundown the New Guinea cost-bearing E\ndist 35 miles, a very high land, Mary in [insertion: bound to [illegible]] sight","wind":[["first","SW","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Rain fell through the first part of the day while the crew worked on rope for the cutting tackle. At sunset, the high coast of New Guinea was in sight about 35 miles to the east.","where":"near land","place":"New Guinea","at":"new-guinea"},{"date":"1865-02-11","events":[],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 11th\nThis day commences with modrate winds from\nNW, steiring ESE untill 12 O clock AM then\nLuffed to the wind, Mary went out of sight\nat 3, PM, after noon had a stronge breez\nfrom N,W, at sundown the land in\nsight (the name unknown to me)\nbearing NE by N dist 35 miles","wind":[["first","NW","moderate"],["middle","NW","strong"]],"plain":"Moderate northwest winds gave way to a strong breeze in the afternoon. At sundown, unidentified land was sighted about 35 miles to the northeast.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1865-02-12","events":[],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday Feb. the 12th 1865\nThis day had light variable\nwind, Bark mary out of sight to the westward, saw\nnothing moveing not even a skip Jack, at sundown\nthe land bearing to the Northward and Eastward 45 miles","wind":[["whole","variable","light"]],"plain":"With light, variable winds, the bark Mary was out of sight, and the crew saw \"nothing moving, not even a skipjack.\" Land was in sight about 45 miles to the northeast at sundown.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Saw nothing moving, not even a skipjack","quote":"saw nothing moveing not even a skip Jack","interest":1}],"where":"near land","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1865-02-13","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 13th\nThis day commences with a light breeze from\nS,W, ship trying to get back to Goram, at 12 1/2\n[drawing] A.M. raised a school of whales comeing to lea\nward, got down as far as the ship and\nturned to windward lowered our boats\nand chased them until 5 O clock P.M.\nAt sundown the island of Goram bearing W.b.S.\nDist-20 miles","wind":[["first","SW","light"]],"plain":"While trying to sail back toward Goram, the crew spotted a school of whales at 12:30. They put the boats out and chased them until 5:00 p.m. without success.","where":"near land","place":"Goram","plate":"chase.sperm-b"},{"date":"1865-02-14","events":[],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 14th\nThis day comes in with light airs from S.W.\nship makeing her way for Goram as fast\nas possible, saw nothing but Cow, Fish,\nat sundown the island of Goram bearing WSW\nDist 18 miles,","wind":[["first","SW","light"]],"plain":"The ship made for Goram as fast as possible, seeing only cowfish (small whales or dolphins). At sundown, the island of Goram was 18 miles away to the west-southwest.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Saw cowfish (small whales or dolphins)","quote":"saw nothing but Cow, Fish"}],"where":"near land","place":"Goram"},{"date":"1865-02-15","events":[],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wednesday Feb the 15th 1865\nThis day moderate breeze\nFrom N. W. at daylight the island of Goram\nBearing S, W, [struck: Past] 9 Oclock saw a sail to\nLeaward called it the Mary, at sundown\nthe island o Goram bearing W, dist 25 miles","wind":[["whole","NW","moderate"]],"plain":"They sailed near the island of Goram with moderate breezes and spotted a vessel to the leeward, which they took to be the Mary.","where":"near land","place":"Goram"},{"date":"1865-02-16","events":[],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 16\nMary This day commences with strong breezes from the N W\n[whale stamp] At 11 Oclock saw the Mary whaling of to\nLeaward, at 11 1/2 saw her take the whale to\nthe ship, at sundown the island bearing\nW by S distance 35 miles","wind":[["first","NW","strong"]],"plain":"Strong breezes blew from the northwest. The crew saw the ship Mary whaling downwind and bringing a whale alongside, with the island visible 35 miles away at sunset.","where":"near land","place":"the island"},{"date":"1865-02-17","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Fri 17 th\nThis day a strong breeze from N. W. at day\nLight saw a large breach, run for it but\nsaw it no more, mary of our lea boiling\nAt sundown Goram bearing W dist 20 mi","wind":[["whole","NW","strong"]],"plain":"They had a strong breeze and ran toward a large breach seen at daylight, but lost sight of it. The Mary was off their lee boiling blubber, with land in sight at sundown.","where":"near land","place":"Goram","plate":"work.trying-b"},{"date":"1865-02-18","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 18th\nThis day begins with strong wind from the NW,\n[whale stamp] Ship took a round turn Keeping of two points\nEvery 10 minutes, bark mary in sight, - At\n6 Oclock PM raised whales but did not\nLower, at sundown the island bearing W, S, W dist 40 m","wind":[["first","NW","strong"]],"plain":"Strong northwest winds blew as the ship maneuvered in circles. The bark Mary was in sight, and they spotted whales in the evening but did not put the boats out. An island lay about 40 miles away at sunset.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1865-02-19","events":[],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday February the 19th 1865\nComamences with a\nstrong breeze from the S. W. ship under double reefs.\nThe Mary in sight; saw nothing except a Grampus.\nAt sundown Goram bearing W. S. W. dist 40 miles","wind":[["first","SW","strong"]],"plain":"Under a strong breeze and reduced sail, the crew saw the Mary in sight and spotted a grampus, with Goram forty miles away at sunset.","where":"near land","place":"Goram"},{"date":"1865-02-20","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 20th\nCommences with half a gale of wind from S. W.\nBark under double reefed topsails all day\nThe Mary yet in sight; at 5 Oclock PM\nA Large breach reported from aloft; at\nSundown Goram bearing West dist 35 miles","wind":[["first","SW","gale"]],"weather":["gale"],"plain":"Strong gale-force winds kept the bark under reduced sail all day. The Mary was still in sight, and lookouts reported a large breach at 5 p.m., with Goram Island 35 miles to the west at sundown.","where":"near land","place":"Goram"},{"date":"1865-02-21","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"grampus","count":null}],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 21st\nThis day commences with strong S W wind.\nBark Mary in sight: saw a number of Grampuses\nduring the day and a great many bushes and\n[struck: logs] at sundown Goram bearing W. dist 30 miles\nthus ends my birth day.\n[drawing]\nGoram, an island in the\nBanda Sea, noted for the great\nnumber of whales captured near\nit.","wind":[["first","SW","strong"]],"plain":"Strong southwest winds blew as the ship sighted the bark Mary, several killer whales, and drifting brush and logs. At sunset, the keeper noted Goram island in the distance and marked a birthday.","where":"near land","place":"Goram"},{"date":"1865-02-22","events":[],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 22nd\nThis day commences with strong wind from\nN.W. at 1 Oclock P.M. gamed with Mary [illegible]\nAt sundown Goram bearing W by S dist 30","wind":[["first","NW","strong"]],"plain":"Strong northwest winds blew as the crew had a gam with the Mary. At sundown, Goram was about 30 miles to the west-southwest.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Mary","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":"AV09178"}],"where":"near land","place":"Goram","plate":"gam.visit-b"},{"date":"1865-02-23","events":[],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thursday February the 23d 1865-\nCommences with a\nStrong wind from N, W, ship under double\nReefed Top Sail, Mary in sight,- at sundown\nGoram bearing W by N, distance 35 miles","wind":[["first","NW","strong"]],"plain":"Strong winds blew from the northwest with the ship under reduced sail. The Mary was in sight, and Goram was visible in the distance at sundown.","where":"near land","place":"Goram"},{"date":"1865-02-24","events":[],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fry 24th\nThis day blowing most a gale from the N.W. ship\nunder double reefed Topsails, last night lost sight\nOf the Mary and has not ben seen yet, at\nSundown over on the New Guinea side the land\nBearing, E. dist 40 miles","wind":[["whole","NW","strong"]],"plain":"Strong winds blew almost a gale as the ship sailed under reduced canvas. They lost sight of the Mary during the night, and by sunset land on the New Guinea coast was visible forty miles away.","where":"near land","place":"New Guinea","at":"new-guinea"},{"date":"1865-02-25","events":[],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat 25th\nThis day comes in with strong breeses from NW\nShip under double reefs Mary in sight -\nAt sundown Goram bearing W by N dist 30 m","wind":[["first","NW","strong"]],"plain":"Strong breezes blew from the northwest as the ship sailed under reduced canvas, with the Mary in sight. At sundown, Goram was about 30 miles away.","where":"near land","place":"Goram"},{"date":"1865-02-26","events":[],"lat":-3.967,"lon":130.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sun 26th\nThis day moderate wind from the N W. ship\nunder whole top sails, Bark Mary in sight -\nAt sunset Goram bearing W. N. W dist 35 m","wind":[["whole","NW","moderate"]],"plain":"Moderate winds from the northwest with the bark Mary in sight. At sunset, land at Goram lay about 35 miles to the west-northwest.","where":"near land","place":"Goram"},{"date":"1865-02-27","events":[],"lat":-3.7085,"lon":129.825,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 27th\nThis day\n\nMonday Feb the 27th 1865\nThis day comes\nIn with strong winds from N.W. at daylight\ncommenced to break out for Beef for\nMary, at 8 Oclock sent four Cask\nOn board which held 30 Bbls 25 gallons\nat sundown she started for home, [insert: in sight on land]\n\n[margin text rotated vertically]:\nThis day sent a boat\nSteerer home by the\nMary Witham To\na member of\nForties\n127\nof oil","wind":[["first","NW","strong"]],"plain":"Strong northwest winds blew. The crew broke out beef and sent four casks to the Mary, which set sail for home at sunset, taking one of the harpooners with her.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Harpooner sent home","quote":"sent a boat Steerer home by the Mary Witham","interest":3},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Mary","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":"AV09178"},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Mary Witham","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"near land","plate":"gam.spoke-c"},{"date":"1865-02-28","events":[],"lat":-3.45,"lon":129.65,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tues 28th\nThis day commences with strong wind from\nN.W. ship making her way for Pitts passage\nMary in sight to windward, at sundown\nCeram bearing W,S, W dist 20 miles","wind":[["first","NW","strong"]],"plain":"Strong northwest winds as the ship headed toward Pitt's Passage. The Mary was in sight to windward, and Ceram was visible at sunset about 20 miles off.","where":"near land","place":"Ceram","at":"seram"},{"date":"1865-03-01","events":[],"lat":-3.45,"lon":129.65,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 1st\nThis day commences with strong wind from\nN,W, repaired Faff-Top sail, Mary in\nsight during the day, at sundown the\nIsland of Ceram bearing S.W.by, W dist 35 m","wind":[["first","NW","strong"]],"plain":"Strong winds blew from the northwest as the crew repaired the foretopsail. The ship Mary remained in sight throughout the day, and by sunset Ceram was 35 miles to the southwest.","where":"near land","place":"Island of Ceram","at":"seram"},{"date":"1865-03-02","events":[],"lat":-3.45,"lon":129.65,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 2nd\nCommences with moderate wind from N W,\nShip working to windward, Mary in sight\nAnd that all you can say, at sundown\nCeram bearing (west end) W.by S dist 20 m","wind":[["first","NW","moderate"]],"plain":"The ship sailed against moderate northwest winds with the Mary in sight. By sunset, the west end of Ceram lay about 20 miles away.","where":"near land","place":"Ceram","at":"seram"},{"date":"1865-03-03","events":[],"lat":-1.65,"lon":130.15,"fixed":true,"entry":"Friday March the 3d 1865\nThis day comes\nIn with light-air and calm, employed at\nRepairing jib which we split last-night-\nIn a squall, nothing to be seen of the barq\nWho has been in sight of us for the last\nMonth, she is on her way home and\nmay God speed her, at sunset the island\nOf Mysole bearing N dist, 8, miles,\nSaw three Prows bound over to [insertion: from Mysole] Ceram","wind":[["first","","light"]],"weather":["calm","squalls"],"plain":"The crew repaired a jib split in a squall the night before. The bark that had been in sight for the past month had departed for home, and they saw three proas sailing from Mysol to Ceram.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Wished a companion bark safe journey home","quote":"she is on her way home and may God speed her","interest":1}],"where":"near land","place":"Mysole","via":[[130.85,-3.95],[130.95,-3.85],[130.95,-3.45],[130.55,-1.75],[130.35,-1.55]],"plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1865-03-04","events":[],"lat":-3.2749,"lon":130.8562,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 4th\nThis day moderate winds from N. W. Ship off\nThe town of Warhi or rather 8 miles abreast of\nIt, at 4 O clock was boarded by a Canoe\nWith a Dutchman in her who was going\nto take us into Warhi, wheither we wanted\nTo go or not, He said he was Governer of the\nTown and was so drunk that he could\nScarcaly stand up, at 6 O clock he left the\nShip threatning to kill me if I came on\nShore, The Malays said there was a plenty\nOf [insertion: 1 qr] Foul to be had also Bananers","wind":[["whole","NW","moderate"]],"plain":"Off the town of Warhi, a canoe arrived with a drunken Dutchman claiming to be the governor, who insisted on taking the ship in and threatened to kill the keeper if the keeper came ashore. Malays reported plenty of fowl and bananas.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Drunken official threatened to kill keeper","quote":"","interest":2}],"where":"near land","place":"Warhi","via":[[130.45,-1.55],[130.55,-2.05]]},{"date":"1865-03-05","events":[],"lat":-3.45,"lon":129.65,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sunday March the 5th 1865\nThis day comes in\nSqually, at 8 O clock A,M clear & pleasant -\nat day light saw a bark steering to the East\nCalled a Whaleman, at sundown the\nIsland of Ceram bearing S, E, dist 40 miles","weather":["squalls","clear"],"plain":"Squally weather cleared by mid-morning. They sighted a bark presumed to be a whaler, and by sunset the island of Ceram was in sight forty miles away.","where":"near land","place":"Island of Ceram","via":[[130.95,-3.65],[130.95,-3.95],[129.95,-3.65]],"at":"seram"},{"date":"1865-03-06","events":[],"lat":-1.75,"lon":127.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mon 6th\nCommences with pleasant weather and\nLight wind which hauled round every five\nMinutes, at sundown Oby Major bearing N,\nDistance 30 miles,","wind":[["first","variable","light"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with light, shifting winds. At sundown, Oby Major was sighted about 30 miles to the north.","where":"near land","place":"Oby Major","via":[[129.25,-3.85],[127.85,-3.85],[127.75,-2.75]],"at":"obira-island"},{"date":"1865-03-07","events":[],"lat":-1.75,"lon":127.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tuesday 7th\nThis day thick and foggy at times, light-\nAir from all quarters, at 4 PM Cleared\nup and saw six sails, three going to\nthe N and three to the S,E, at sun\ndown Oby Major bearing N,N,E dist 25 m\nHad the currant setting to the South,","wind":[["whole","variable","light"]],"weather":["fog","clear"],"plain":"The day was thick and foggy with light, shifting airs. At 4 PM it cleared up, revealing six ships in the distance, and at sunset Obi Major was sighted 25 miles off.","where":"near land","place":"Oby Major","at":"obira-island"},{"date":"1865-03-08","events":[],"lat":-1.75,"lon":127.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wednesday March the 8th 1865\nIn                    This day come\nIn calm ship laying Lifeless, at daylight 7\nsails in sight lowred the Bow Boat and boarded\nAn English Bark Two months from Maurit[illegible]\nBound to Japan. at 12 O clock boarded a Dutch\nBark from Batavia bound to japan. 1 Oclk\nBoarded a three masted schooner from Batavia\nFor japan we learned that Lincoln was reelected\nAt sundown Oby Major bearing NE dist 20 miles","wind":[["first","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"In calm weather, the crew put out a boat and boarded three Japan-bound vessels—an English bark, a Dutch bark, and a three-masted schooner—and learned that Abraham Lincoln had been reelected.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Learned Lincoln was reelected","quote":"we learned that Lincoln was reelected","interest":2}],"where":"near land","place":"Oby Major","at":"obira-island"},{"date":"1865-03-09","events":[],"lat":-1.75,"lon":127.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 9th\nThis day commences with Light-air from all\nPoints of the compass, at daylight found that\nTwo of our fleet had dissappeared during the\nnight- caught a Turtle called a Hawks Bill\nAt-12 a[struck: t] nice breeze from the westward\nAt sundown Oby bearing E distance 3 miles","wind":[["first","variable","light"],["middle","W","moderate"]],"plain":"Light winds blew from all directions, and by daylight two ships of the fleet had disappeared. The crew caught a hawksbill turtle, and by sunset Oby was three miles to the east.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Caught a hawksbill turtle","quote":"caught a Turtle called a Hawks Bill","interest":1}],"where":"near land","place":"Oby","at":"obira-island"},{"date":"1865-03-10","events":[],"lat":-1.2167,"lon":127.5833,"fixed":true,"entry":"Fry 10th\nCommences with Light wind from NW.\nFour sails in sight steering in to the\nEastward of Oby Major, at sundown the\nWhole of them out of sight and we of [struck: Oby]\nMinor bearing E dist- 30 miles","wind":[["first","NW","light"]],"plain":"Light winds blew from the northwest. The crew sighted four ships heading east of Obi Major, but all were out of sight by sunset.","where":"near land","place":"Oby Minor","via":[[127.45,-1.85],[127.25,-1.65],[127.35,-1.35]]},{"date":"1865-03-11","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":true,"entry":"Saturday March the 11th 1865.\nThis day light-\nwind from the Westward. at daylight saw\nA sail called the Sea Queen, men employed at-\nship duty- during the day, at sundown\nthe island of Latta bearing E.S.E dist 25 miles","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"plain":"With light westerly winds, the crew attended to routine ship duty. At daylight they sighted the Sea Queen, and by sundown the island of Latta was visible 25 miles away.","where":"near land","place":"Latta","via":[[127.05,-0.85]]},{"date":"1865-03-12","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sund 12th\nCommences with strong wind from the W\nAnd clear weather. currant setting strong to the\nWest. Sea Queen in sight- at 7 Oclock spoke\nAnd gamed her, Capt Gifford came onboard\nAnd informed us that he had taken only\n100. Bbls in the last 5 months, but had had\nOne large cow whale missed by a boatsteerer\nBy the name of Shepard who was broke as\nSoon as he came on board, at sundown Latta\nbearing E.S.E dist 40 miles","wind":[["first","W","strong"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"They spoke and gammed with the Sea Queen, whose Captain Gifford came aboard with news that his harpooner, Shepard, was demoted after missing a large cow whale.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Harpooner demoted for missing whale","quote":"missed by a boatsteerer By the name of Shepard who was broke","interest":3},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Sea Queen","rig":"","port":"","captain":"Gifford","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"near land","place":"Latta","plate":"gam.visit-c"},{"date":"1865-03-13","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"finback","count":2}],"lat":0.55,"lon":127.45,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mon 13th\nThis day commences with light-wind from\nthe Westward, Clear, Sea Queen in sight,\nSaw two Fin Backs. Currant setting to\nThe W. at day light Tidore in sight-","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Light winds and clear weather. The crew sighted the Sea Queen, spotted two finback whales, and saw the island of Tidore at daylight.","where":"near land","place":"Tidore","via":[[127.05,-0.15]]},{"date":"1865-03-14","events":[],"lat":-0.85,"lon":127.55,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tuesday March the 14th\nThis day liht varie\nwind, and frequant showrs of rain, Sea Queen\nIn sight, at 4 Oclock sent F, T, S Sail down\nFor repairs, also sent down a new T Top\nSail and sent up an old one, at sundown\nBatchian bearing E dist 25 miles,","wind":[["whole","variable","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Light, variable winds brought frequent rain showers as the crew repaired and changed sails. The Sea Queen was in sight, and at sundown the island of Batchian was visible about 25 miles to the east.","where":"near land","place":"Batchian","via":[[127.05,-0.25],[127.05,-0.85],[127.35,-0.95],[127.55,-0.95]]},{"date":"1865-03-15","events":[],"lat":-0.85,"lon":127.55,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 15th\nCommences with liht varible air and\nRainy during the fore noon, Sea Queen\nIn sight, Currant setting strong to the W\nAt sundown Batchian bearing Eb, S dist 2[illegible] miles","wind":[["first","variable","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Light winds and rain marked the morning. The crew sighted the Sea Queen, and by sundown Batchian was in sight.","where":"near land","place":"Batchian"},{"date":"1865-03-16","events":[],"lat":-0.85,"lon":127.55,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 16th\nCommences with strong wind from W, unde[struck: r]\nTop Sail no jib or [struck: s]Spanker, Sea Queen\nIn sight, At sundown Batchian bearing\nE, S, E dist-25-miles,","wind":[["first","W","strong"]],"plain":"The crew sailed under topsails in a strong west wind. The Sea Queen was in sight, and by sunset Batchian was 25 miles away.","where":"near land","place":"Batchian"},{"date":"1865-03-17","events":[],"lat":-0.85,"lon":127.55,"fixed":true,"entry":"Fri 17\nModerate and clear, sent down For[illegible]\nSail and repaired, Sea Queen in sight\nAt sun down Batchian bearing E at [illegible]\nDistance 35 miles","wind":[["whole","","moderate"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"The crew repaired one of the sails, with the Sea Queen in sight. At sunset, Batchian was visible about 35 miles to the east.","where":"near land","place":"Batchian"},{"date":"1865-03-18","events":[],"lat":-0.85,"lon":127.55,"fixed":true,"entry":"Saturday March the 18th 1865-\nCommences\nwith strong winds from N, W, and clear weather\nShip under Top Sails employed at repairing\na spare Top Sail, saw nothing of the Sea Queen\nCuerant-setting strong to the west, at sundown\nBatchian bearing E, S, E distance 30 miles,","wind":[["first","NW","strong"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"The crew repaired a spare topsail under strong northwest winds, with a strong current setting west. They saw no sign of the Sea Queen and sighted Batchian at sundown.","where":"near land","place":"Batchian"},{"date":"1865-03-19","events":[],"lat":-0.85,"lon":127.55,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sunday 19th\nThis day commences with Light winds from\nN.W. clear weather, saw nothing of the Sea Queen\nLast night the currant changed and set to the\nSouth, at sundown Batchian bearing NE [illegible]\ndistance 18 miles, saw grampuses,","wind":[["first","NW","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"The crew experienced light winds and clear weather near Batchian, but saw nothing of the ship Sea Queen. They also sighted grampuses.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Saw grampuses","quote":"saw grampuses"}],"where":"near land","place":"Batchian"},{"date":"1865-03-20","events":[],"lat":-0.95,"lon":127.2555,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 20th\nThis day comes in with light wind from\nW.N.W. and clear weather, saw the Sea\nQueen to windward at sundown Marley\nBearing, N, E, dist 20 miles","wind":[["first","WNW","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Light winds and clear weather. They sighted the Sea Queen to windward and spotted Marley island twenty miles to the northeast at sundown.","where":"near land","place":"Marley","via":[[127.45,-0.95]]},{"date":"1865-03-21","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-0.7315,"lon":127.0772,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday March the 21st- 1865-\nThis day\nCommences with light-air from N.W. and\nClear, at- daylight raised a large breach,\nSaw it- two [illegible]ings and called it- whales\nBut as we had to scrape the hoops on the\nDeck buckets we could not lower, saw Sea Queen","wind":[["first","NW","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"At daylight they saw what they believed were whales breaching, but they could not lower boats because they had to scrape the hoops on the deck buckets. Later, they sighted the Sea Queen.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Could not chase whales due to chores","quote":"we had to scrape the hoops on the Deck buckets we could not lower","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","via":[[127.05,-0.85]],"plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1865-03-22","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 22nd\nCommences with moderate wind from N.W,\nAnd clear weather, men employed at ripping\nThe rope of the main sail and roping it on\nAgain, At- sundown Latta bearing E dist- 25 miles","wind":[["first","NW","moderate"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Clear weather with moderate winds. The crew worked on resewing the rope on the mainsail, with Latta sighted 25 miles to the east at sundown.","where":"near land","place":"Latta","via":[[127.05,-0.65]]},{"date":"1865-03-23","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 23d\nThis day a nice breeze from the Westward\nRun off to the S,E, all day, men employed\nIn scraping iron rust of the Top Sail Sheets,\nSea Queen came in sight again, at sundown\nLatta bearing E, [struck: N] S, E dist- 20 miles, currant setting to the S,","wind":[["whole","W","moderate"]],"plain":"With a nice breeze from the west, the ship headed southeast all day while the crew scraped rust off the topsail chains. The Sea Queen was sighted again, and land was seen twenty miles off at sundown.","where":"near land","place":"Latta"},{"date":"1865-03-24","events":[],"lat":-0.4,"lon":127.05,"fixed":true,"entry":"Frid 24\nThis day comes in with pleasent weather & light-\nWind from N.N.W employed at painting bare\nspots on rails, at- 1 o clock saw [illegible] much [illegible]\nsteering to the South, at- sundown Latta bearing S, E by. E\nDist 35 miles, afternoon strong breeze, steered W. S. W.","wind":[["first","NNW","light"],["middle","","strong"]],"plain":"The crew spent the day painting bare spots on the ship's rails, with pleasant weather turning to a strong breeze in the afternoon.","where":"near land","place":"Latta"},{"date":"1865-03-25","events":[],"lat":-1.75,"lon":125.85,"fixed":true,"entry":"Saturday March the 25-th\nThis day comes in\nWith pleasant weather and a nice breeze from\nW.N.W. ship steering for Grey Hound Straits\nAt sundown Mangola bearing S. dist-30 miles","wind":[["first","WNW","moderate"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather and a fine breeze as the ship headed for Greyhound Strait. At sundown, Mangole was thirty miles to the south.","where":"near land","place":"Mangola"},{"date":"1865-03-26","events":[],"lat":-1.75,"lon":125.85,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 26th\nThis day clear with a nice breeze from SW, at\n10 O clock AM called the men from a loft and\nEntered the straits bound to the south, have a\nStrong head currant made but little progress\nAt 12 O clock bent main Royal and set the mdstl hear\nstarving for a Sky Sail, Sent up a boat sail for F, Royal\nAnd drauning over that, at 2 Oclk PM currant-\nChanged and at sunset we were nicely throught,","wind":[["whole","SW","moderate"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Under clear skies, the ship entered the straits heading south. After struggling against a strong head current and rigging extra sails, the current shifted in the afternoon, carrying them through by sunset.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Keeper rigged makeshift sails","quote":"starving for a Sky Sail, Sent up a boat sail for F, Royal","interest":1}],"where":"near land","place":"straits","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1865-03-27","events":[],"lat":-1.75,"lon":125.85,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 27th\nThis day light wind from W ship runing\nAlong the South side of Hubla Talzabo 20 miles\nFrom the share, broke out- for butter and\nMolasses","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"plain":"With light westerly winds, the ship sailed along the south side of land about twenty miles offshore, and the crew broke out provisions of butter and molasses.","where":"near land","place":"Hubla Talzabo"},{"date":"1865-03-28","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":-1.75,"lon":125.85,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tuesday March the 28th 1865.\nThis day a nicer\nBreeze from W. ship of the South side of\nMangola bound to the Eastward, at daylight\nsaw the island of Kulla Bessey, saw Black Fish\nWed","wind":[["whole","W","moderate"]],"plain":"With a nice westerly breeze, the ship sailed east off the south side of Mangola. At daylight they sighted the island of Kulla Bessey and saw pilot whales.","where":"near land","place":"Mangola"},{"date":"1865-03-29","events":[],"lat":-2.0,"lon":129.5,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 29th\nThis day comes in calm and hot at daylight\nthe ship at the mouth of Pitts Passage the\nIsland of Bouro in sight-bearing S. E.\nMen employed at scrapeing the ships copper\nand the chains around the deadeyes, at [insertion: miles]\nsun down Kulla Bessey bearing W S W dist - 15 -","wind":[["first","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"In calm, hot weather, the ship sailed through Pitt's Passage with the island of Bouro and Kulla Bessey in sight. The crew scraped the copper and chains.","where":"near land","place":"Pitts Passage","via":[[126.15,-1.65],[126.65,-1.95]]},{"date":"1865-03-30","events":[],"lat":-1.817,"lon":126.467,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 30th\nThis day light air and calms. ship working to\nthe Eastward. men employed at scrapeing iron\nwork as usual at sundown light air from\nS W Lissamatula bearing N. N, E, dist 20 miles","wind":[["whole","","light"],["latter","SW","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"Light winds and calms slowed the ship as it worked eastward. The crew spent the day scraping ironwork, with Lissamatula in sight about 20 miles to the north-northeast by sunset.","where":"near land","place":"Lissamatula","at":"lifamatola"},{"date":"1865-03-31","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"finback","count":null}],"lat":-0.85,"lon":127.55,"fixed":true,"entry":"Fry 31st\nThis day strong wind from N W by N at day\nLight- saw Sea Queen standing in towards Lissamatula\nsaw Fin Backs, at sundown Batchian in sight\nBearing N E distance 40 miles.","wind":[["whole","NW by N","strong"]],"plain":"They saw the Sea Queen standing toward Lissamatula.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Sea Queen","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"near land","place":"Batchian","via":[[127.55,-0.95]],"plate":"gam.spoke-a"},{"date":"1865-04-01","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"finback","count":null}],"lat":-0.85,"lon":127.55,"fixed":true,"entry":"Saturday April the 1st = 1865\nCommences with\nPleasant weather light varible wind saw\nFin Backs, saw the Sea Queen, at sundown\nBatchian bearing E dist - 35 miles,","wind":[["first","variable","light"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with light, variable winds. The crew saw finback whales and sighted the Sea Queen, with the island of Batchian 35 miles to the east by sundown.","where":"near land","place":"Batchian"},{"date":"1865-04-02","events":[],"lat":-0.95,"lon":128.0377,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 2nd\nThis day fine pleasant weather a nice breeze\nfrom N.W at day light kept the ship\noff and steered S E huntill we spoke the\nSea Queen, then steered E, S, E at sundown\nBetwen Tiba and Batchian bound in\nto Gillolo Passage on our way to St-Davids\nIslands.","wind":[["whole","NW","moderate"]],"plain":"In fine weather, the crew met and spoke with the Sea Queen, then sailed between Tiba and Batchian into the Gillolo Passage on their way to St. David's Islands.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Sea Queen","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"near land","place":"Betwen Tiba and Batchian","via":[[127.65,-0.95]],"plate":"gam.spoke-b"},{"date":"1865-04-03","events":[],"lat":-0.9359,"lon":128.559,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 3d\nThis day light air from N W we on our\nway for Davids Islands, at sundown\nA Sail reported bound up the Gillolo Pass","wind":[["whole","NW","light"]],"plain":"With light airs from the northwest, the ship headed toward Davids Islands. At sunset, another vessel was sighted sailing up the Gillolo Passage.","where":"at sea","place":"Gillolo Pass","via":[[128.55,-0.95]]},{"date":"1865-04-04","events":[],"lat":-0.4895,"lon":128.843,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 4th\nThis day a calm but the currant being\nIn our favor we made good head way,\nsails in sight carried main royal.\nAll day","wind":[["whole","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"Despite a calm, the current was in their favor and they made good headway, keeping sails in sight.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-04-05","events":[],"lat":-0.0432,"lon":129.127,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday, Afreil the 5th\nThis day comes in\nPleasant: light-air, ma[struck: k]keing our way through\nthe passage stoud men employed at repairing\nMain Royal rigging at sundown, at-Fairwa[y]\nLedge bearing, S.W distance 10 miles,","wind":[["first","","light"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with light airs as the ship made its way through the passage. The crew worked on repairing the main royal rigging, and at sunset Fairway Ledge lay ten miles to the southwest.","where":"near land","place":"Fairway Ledge"},{"date":"1865-04-06","events":[],"lat":0.05,"lon":129.45,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 6th\nCommences with light-air from S W, at-day\nLight-two sails in sight, broke out-Fore\nHold and got it-reddy for wetting hold\nOne of the sails proved to be the Illinois\nOff New Bedford six months out-130 Bbls of Whale\nBound to the Arctic ocean at-sundown\nGaby bearing E, S, E, dist-10 miles,","wind":[["first","SW","light"]],"plain":"The crew worked in the fore hold and met the ship Illinois of New Bedford, six months into its voyage with 130 barrels of whale oil and bound for the Arctic Ocean.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Illinois","rig":"","port":"New Bedford","captain":"","months_out":6,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"near land","place":"Gaby","via":[[129.25,0.15],[129.45,0.15]],"plate":"gam.spoke-c","at":"gebi"},{"date":"1865-04-07","events":[],"lat":0.05,"lon":129.45,"fixed":true,"entry":"Fry 7th\nThis day moderate wind from S W currant-\nsetting strong to the, South at-daylight-\nKept-off and went round the South\nEnd, the Illinois kept-on in the Gillots Pas[sage]\nA Canoe came off from Gaby but had\nNothing but a few Coconuts, at sundow[n]\nBecalmed off Gaby","wind":[["whole","SW","moderate"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"With a moderate southwest wind and a strong southward current, the ship rounded the south end while the Illinois sailed into Gillots Passage. A canoe came out from Gaby with only a few coconuts, and the ship was becalmed off the island by sundown.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Canoe brought coconuts from Gaby","quote":"A Canoe came off from Gaby but had Nothing but a few Coconuts","interest":2}],"where":"near land","place":"Gaby","at":"gebi"},{"date":"1865-04-08","events":[],"lat":0.05,"lon":129.45,"fixed":true,"entry":"Saturday April the 8th 1865\nThis day light-air\nFrom S.W. men employed att riting aloft\nWas visited by two canoes from Gaby but had\nNothing to sell except manitaskshell and\nCoconuts- Boarded a Persian bark and\nGot late news from home, at sundown\nGaby bearing W.S.W distance 30 miles","wind":[["whole","SW","light"]],"plain":"Two canoes visited from Gaby offering only tortoiseshell and coconuts. The crew also boarded a Prussian bark and received late news from home.","where":"near land","place":"Gaby","at":"gebi"},{"date":"1865-04-09","events":[],"lat":0.0833,"lon":129.8197,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 9th\nThis day light-wind from NW ship\nSteering N,E,by,E, boarded the Persian\nBark Alster, at-3 P.m. the capt of her\nCame on board to purchase provisions\nAs she was short-of everything,","wind":[["whole","NW","light"]],"plain":"The crew boarded the bark Alster. Later that afternoon, her captain came aboard to buy provisions because his ship was running short of everything.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Visiting captain bought needed supplies","quote":"the capt of her Came on board to purchase provisions As she was short-of everything","interest":3},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Alster","rig":"bark","port":"Persian","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.visit-a"},{"date":"1865-04-10","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":2}],"lat":0.1167,"lon":130.1894,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 10th\nThis day pleasant-weather and a nice breeze\nFrom N.W. bark Alster in sight,- at-4 30 P M\nRaised a school of whales go to the S,E Lowered\nOur boats- and succeeded in takeing two\nNice cow whales to the ship 30 Bls [insert: this] one [insert: of]\n[drawing: two dead whales side by side]\nBow Boat Larboard Boat","wind":[["whole","NW","moderate"]],"plain":"With pleasant weather and the bark Alster in sight, the crew spotted a school of whales heading southeast. They put out the boats and caught two cow whales, bringing them to the ship.","where":"at sea","catch":2,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1865-04-11","events":[],"lat":0.15,"lon":130.5591,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday April the 11th 1865\nThis day light\nwind from the westward, and nice weather\nAt daylight called all hands and commenced\nto cut, at 9 Oclk A.M had them cut in\nand started the works, after dinner employed\nat clearing away heads and breaking out\nGround tier in starboard after hatch.","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"plain":"Under light westerly winds and nice weather, the crew stripped the blubber from their catch by 9 a.m. and began boiling it into oil, then spent the afternoon clearing heads and reorganizing casks in the hold.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.cutting-c"},{"date":"1865-04-12","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1},{"type":"whale","outcome":"lost","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":0.1833,"lon":130.9288,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed the 12th\nThis day pleasant weather and a nice breeze\nfrom NW employed at boiling and mincing\n&c, at daylight Washburn raised whales\nGoing to leeward lowered our boats Waist-\nBoat went on and struck whales started\nto windward the mate picked up his line\nand hauled nearly up to the whales when\nthey went down and he let go, the Capt had\nHold the line at the same time and seen\nthe mate let go made the remark to his crew (I will\nshow the mate a trick he can not do) so he took two\nturns to his loger head and the whale took him\ndown and he cut the waist boats line Bow boat took his\nline L [illegible] B boat chased the school and struck again L B\nlost his line waist boat got a small calf [drawing]","wind":[["whole","NW","moderate"]],"plain":"While boiling blubber, the crew spotted whales and put out the boats. After the mate let go of his line, the captain boasted he would show the mate a trick, but the diving whale pulled his boat down, forcing him to cut the line. They struck another whale but lost the line, finally taking a small calf.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Captain boasted before whale pulled boat down","quote":"I will show the mate a trick he can not do","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1865-04-13","events":[],"lat":0.2167,"lon":131.2985,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday, April the 13th 1865\nThis day light wind\nand varible, squally at daylight cut the\ncalf in, with one hatch and commenced to\nboil him, at sun down finished boiling and\nthe decks cleared up","wind":[["whole","variable","light"]],"weather":["squalls"],"plain":"With light, variable winds and squalls, the crew stripped the blubber from the calf at daylight and began boiling it down into oil. By sunset, they finished boiling and cleaned up the decks.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.cutting-c"},{"date":"1865-04-14","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":0.25,"lon":131.6682,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid 14th\nThis day light air and clear weather at day\nlight steared N.W. employed at coopering\nand clearing out pots raised a large breach","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Light air and clear weather. The crew worked at coopering and cleaning out the pots, and sighted a large whale breaching.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-04-15","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":0.2834,"lon":132.0379,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 15th\nThis day light air from the NW, clear weather\nemployed at coopering oil at 12 Oclk\nRaised a kohe whale Loured down Starboard boat\nwent on and struck him, at 4 1/2 Oclk Pm took him\nto the ship and commenced to cut in, at 8 Oclk\nPm swung his flukes in, and commenced to boil.\n[drawing of whale]\nSB\n10 miles North","wind":[["whole","NW","light"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"The crew spent the morning coopering oil. At noon they spotted a whale, lowered the right-side boat, harpooned it, and brought it alongside by late afternoon, immediately beginning to strip the blubber and boil oil.","where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1865-04-16","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":null},{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":0.3167,"lon":132.4076,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday the 16th\nThis day light wind from East, at\ndaylight raised a school of whales from the deck going to\nwindward being jammed with oil could not lower, at 4 Ock\nPm. raised a school of whales going to leward lowered three\nboats at sun down Larboard boat struck at 7 Oclk took him\nto the ship\n[drawing of whale]\nLB\n32 miles S","wind":[["whole","E","light"]],"plain":"Light easterly winds. They sighted a school of whales at daylight but could not lower because they were jammed with oil. At 4 p.m., they spotted another school, lowered three boats, and struck and took one whale back to the ship.","where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1865-04-17","events":[],"lat":0.35,"lon":132.7773,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday April the 17th 1865\nThis day\nComes in with light air and squalls\nAt daylight cut-in the whale we took last\nEvening, at 9 Oclk started the works on\nHim, employed at clearing away the head &c &c","wind":[["first","","light"]],"weather":["squalls"],"plain":"With light airs and squalls, the crew began stripping the blubber from the whale caught the previous evening at daylight, started boiling the blubber at 9 o'clock, and cleared away the head.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.cutting-c"},{"date":"1865-04-18","events":[],"lat":0.3834,"lon":133.147,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 18th\nThis day light air from E, at 10 Oclock cooled\ndown the works and sent the watch below\nWatch employed at coopering oil 40 miles North","wind":[["whole","E","light"]],"plain":"With light easterly breezes, the crew finished boiling blubber around 10 o'clock and let the watch go below. The men on duty worked at coopering oil casks.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-c"},{"date":"1865-04-19","events":[],"lat":0.4167,"lon":133.5167,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 19th\nThis day light wind from E, at daylight\nCommenced to stow down in after hatch, at sun\ndown had 85 bbls down       Latt 00, 25- N 133, 31 E","wind":[["whole","E","light"]],"plain":"Light winds blew from the east. At daylight the crew began stowing oil in the after hatch, storing 85 barrels by sundown.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.stowing-b"},{"date":"1865-04-20","events":[],"lat":0.3667,"lon":133.1667,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 20th                    Latt 00, 22 N Long 133. 10 E\nThis day light air from E, men employed\nAt fiting up cutting gear &c &c","wind":[["whole","E","light"]],"plain":"Light breezes from the east. The crew spent the day preparing the gear for cutting blubber.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-04-21","events":[],"lat":0.7333,"lon":133.5667,"fixed":true,"entry":"Frid 21st\nThe fore part of this day light varible winds,\nAt 12 Oclk had a nise breeze from N which\nLasted all day, employed at setting up shooks and\nmaking drugs,        [struck: Latt. 40 N] Latt 00..44 N Long 133..34 E","wind":[["first","variable","light"],["middle","N","moderate"]],"plain":"Light, variable winds gave way to a nice breeze from the north. The crew worked at setting up cask parts and making drogues.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-04-22","events":[],"lat":0.9667,"lon":133.0667,"fixed":true,"entry":"Saturday April the 22nd 1865-\nThis day comes in\nWith a nice breeze from E ship Steering by\nthe wind on the Port-Tack, men employed\nAt-stowing oils and empty-cask in main\nHatch for water, at-sun down saw land\nBearing S. what- the name of it-is is more\nthan I can say, as the capt thinks it a sin\nTo tell any one where he is but-I have just\nFound out-by the old woman that we are on\nN Guinea and in the Lat 00 58. N Long 133,,04","wind":[["first","E","moderate"]],"plain":"The crew stowed oil and empty casks for water. At sundown they sighted land, which the keeper learned from \"the old woman\" was New Guinea, noting the captain considered it a sin to tell anyone their location.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Captain refused to tell the crew their location","quote":"the capt thinks it a sin To tell any one where he is","interest":1}],"where":"near land","place":"N Guinea","plate":"work.stowing-c","at":"new-guinea"},{"date":"1865-04-23","events":[],"lat":1.1333,"lon":133.9667,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sun 23d\nThis day light varible winds, saw nothing of note\nExcepting a great quantity of drift-wood, some\nLarge trees, the currant-setting South strong,\nLatt 01,,08 Long 133,,58","wind":[["whole","variable","light"]],"plain":"With light, variable winds, the crew saw nothing of note except a large amount of driftwood, including some large trees, carried along by a strong southward current.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Large drift-wood and trees floating past","quote":"saw nothing of note Excepting a great quantity of drift-wood, some Large trees","interest":1}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-04-24","events":[],"lat":1.9667,"lon":132.6333,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mon 24th\nThis day comes in with light-varible wind\nAnd frequent- showers of rain, I was was\nEmployed all day makeing a mast-for.\nStarboard Boat in a hot-sun where it-was\nNot-fit-for any man to work.\nLatt 01,,58 N Long 132,,38 E","wind":[["first","variable","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Light winds and frequent rain showers. The log keeper spent the entire day making a mast for one of the boats in sweltering heat, complaining it was unfit for anyone to work in.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Complained about working in the heat","quote":"makeing a mast-for. Starboard Boat in a hot-sun where it-was Not-fit-for any man to work.","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1865-04-25","events":[],"lat":2.4,"lon":132.5,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tuesday April the 25th 1865\nThis day comes\nIn with light-varible winds with frequent\nShowers of rain, saw a great [bracket]\nQuantity of drift wood setting to the [illegible] [bracket]\n132,,30 E\n02,,24 S","wind":[["first","variable","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"The ship encountered light, variable winds and frequent rain showers, and the crew saw a large quantity of driftwood floating by.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-04-26","events":[],"lat":2.8667,"lon":132.7833,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 26th\nThis day comes in with light varible winds\nAnd frequent showers of rain, broke out the run for\nShook heads & hoops Lat 02,,52 S Long 132,,47 E","wind":[["first","variable","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Light, variable winds brought frequent rain showers. The crew worked below deck breaking out barrel staves and hoops from the aft hold.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-04-27","events":[],"lat":3.3833,"lon":133.55,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 27th\nCommences with modrate wind from S, E,\nWith frequent showers of rain, after noon varible\nWinds, Latd 02,,23,,S Long 133,,33,E","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"],["middle","variable",""]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Routine sailing with moderate southeast winds, frequent rain showers, and variable winds in the afternoon.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-04-28","events":[],"lat":3.05,"lon":134.5,"fixed":true,"entry":"Fry 28th\nThis day a nice breeze from E ship steering S,S,E,\nHad a number of squalls with heavy rain\nMen employed at ship duty, [struck: Lat] 03,,03 N Long 134 30 E","wind":[["whole","E","moderate"]],"weather":["squalls","rain"],"plain":"The ship had a nice breeze and several squalls with heavy rain while steering south-southeast. The crew worked at routine ship duties.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-04-29","events":[],"lat":1.95,"lon":134.5167,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat 29th\nThis day in the fore noon modrate wind from S\nShip steering SSE heavy squalls after noon\nVarible winds and rainy [struck: Latd S] 01..57 [struck: N] [struck: Long] 134..31 E","wind":[["first","S","moderate"],["latter","variable",""]],"weather":["squalls","rain"],"plain":"Routine sailing with moderate winds and heavy squalls in the afternoon, followed by rain and shifting winds.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-04-30","events":[],"lat":1.7,"lon":134.4625,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday April the 30th 1865.\nThis day comes in\nwith light air and calm, with frequent showers\nOf rain. at sun down light breeze from N, E.","wind":[["first","","light"],["first","NE","light"]],"weather":["calm","rain"],"plain":"Light winds, calms, and frequent rain showers; no whales seen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-05-01","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":3},{"type":"whale","outcome":"lost","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":1.45,"lon":134.4084,"fixed":false,"entry":"May\n1st\nBB\n[drawing: whale fluke]\nComes in with light-breeze from the N with\nRain. at - 7 Am Oclock George Chase raised a\nSchool of Whales. Louered our boats struck four\nAnd succeeded in bringing three of them to the\nShip. Waist boat lost-her lines, commenced\nto cut at - 3 Oclock and at - 7 PM got through\n\n[drawing: whale]\nStarboard boat\n[drawing: whale]\nLarboard boat","wind":[["first","N","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"George Chase sighted a school of whales, and the crew put out their boats. They harpooned four whales and brought three back to the ship, though the waist boat lost its line. They finished stripping the blubber by evening.","where":"at sea","catch":3,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1865-05-02","events":[],"lat":1.2,"lon":134.3542,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday 2nd\nCommences with a nice breeze from the W.\nEmployed at boiling and clearing away the\nHeads. steering to the SE all day, but made no\nHead way against a strong Westerly currant-","wind":[["first","W","moderate"]],"plain":"The crew boiled blubber and cleared away whale heads while steering southeast, but made no headway against a strong westerly current.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-a"},{"date":"1865-05-03","events":[],"lat":0.95,"lon":134.3,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 3d\nThis day comes in with a gale of wind from W. employed\nin-boiling. at 7 Oclock Am splitt fore & main Top sail so bad that\nwe condemned them, a tub broke a way on the poop and went\nthrough the monkey rail. throwed shanks and fins over board.\nrolled the Larboard boat under water stove her. at-4 PM\nmoderating some, started the works again and at - 10 PM\ngot through boiling.\nOff St Davids North Pacific Whales again","wind":[["first","W","gale"],["latter","","moderate"]],"weather":["gale"],"plain":"A westerly gale battered the ship while boiling blubber, ruining two sails, smashing a rail with a loose tub, and stoving the left-side boat under water. By evening the storm moderated and boiling was finished.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Gale damaged sails, rail, and boat","quote":"","interest":3}],"where":"near land","place":"St Davids","plate":"work.trying-b","at":"mapia-atoll"},{"date":"1865-05-04","events":[],"lat":0.925,"lon":134.2917,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday May the 4th 1865\nThis day moderate\nwind from. W. ship running off to the E men\nemployed at coopering oil. sent down the remnants\nof the Top sails and sent up new ones.","wind":[["whole","W","moderate"]],"plain":"Moderate winds as the ship sailed east. The crew coopered oil casks, took down the worn-out topsails, and replaced them with new ones.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-05-05","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1},{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":0.9,"lon":134.2833,"fixed":true,"entry":"Fryd 5th\n[drawing of a whale]\n[vertically along whale drawing:] S, B,\nThis day moderate wind from N.W. ship steering\nby SE. at daylight Albert Brown raised\nwhales, Lowered and L B struck, chased\nthem out of sight of the ship but could not\nstrike again at 10,30, L B. took her whale\nto the ship and cut him in and commened\nto boil, at 2,20 PM the other boats returned\nSt-Davids bearing S,S,E dist 20 miles.","wind":[["whole","NW","moderate"]],"plain":"At daylight, Albert Brown sighted whales. The boats gave chase, and one brought a whale back to the ship by 10:30. The crew cut it in and began boiling. St. David’s lay about twenty miles to the south-southeast.","where":"near land","place":"St-Davids","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d","at":"mapia-atoll"},{"date":"1865-05-06","events":[],"lat":0.7821,"lon":134.2738,"fixed":false,"entry":"Satur 6th\nThis day light varible air, employed at\nMinching and boiling coopering &c &c\nAt 2 Oclock PM cooled down the Land in\nsight;","wind":[["whole","variable","light"]],"plain":"With light, variable winds, the crew spent the day slicing blubber, boiling oil, and coopering barrels until letting the furnaces cool at 2 p.m. Land was in sight.","where":"near land","plate":"work.trying-c"},{"date":"1865-05-07","events":[],"lat":0.6643,"lon":134.2643,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 7\nLight air and calm employed at\ncoopering cask that starts to leak,","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"In light air and calms, they repaired leaking casks.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-05-08","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":4}],"lat":0.5464,"lon":134.2547,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday May the 8th 1865\nThis day comes in with light\nwind from W. at daylight commenced to stow\nIn the hole, at 10.30 Am John Washburn\nRaised a school of, Loured and took four of them\nto the ship, each boat getting one cut in two of\nthem\n[drawing: whale] Waist Boat\n[drawing: whale] Larboard Boat","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"plain":"At 10:30 a.m. John Washburn raised a school of whales. Each of the four boats took one, and they cut in two that day.","where":"at sea","catch":4,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1865-05-09","events":[],"lat":0.4286,"lon":134.2452,"fixed":false,"entry":"This day a nice westerly wind, men employed\nAt boiling, at 12.20 hooked on and cut in the\nother two whales while cuting the capt- told\nthe men that we had got 4000 Bbls and\nHe would give them Dough Nuts, let us see how\n[struck: He he will] get out of that promis, Strong\nCurrant setting to the west,","wind":[["whole","W","moderate"]],"plain":"They cut in the other two whales and continued boiling. The captain promised the crew doughnuts after announcing a total of 4,000 barrels.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Captain promised doughnuts for reaching 4,000 barrels","quote":"","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","plate":"work.cutting-c"},{"date":"1865-05-10","events":[],"lat":0.3107,"lon":134.2357,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 10th\nThis day strong wing from the west, cooled\ndown at daylight, This morning the capt told\nThe cock to take the men share of Flour and make\nit into Doughnuts but would not allow them extra\nCoopered oil, had a number of squalls, at sun\ndown saw [struck: New Guinea] the Isle of Terangay bearing S W dist - 30 miles","wind":[["whole","W","strong"]],"weather":["squalls"],"plain":"The captain ordered the cook to use the crew's share of flour to make doughnuts, but refused them extra. They worked on oil casks and sighted the Isle of Terangay at sunset.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Captain allowed doughnuts from crew's flour only","quote":"make it into Doughnuts but would not allow them extra","notable":true,"interest":3}],"where":"near land","place":"Isle of Terangay"},{"date":"1865-05-11","events":[],"lat":0.1929,"lon":134.2262,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday May the 11th 1865\nThis day comes in\nwith moderate wind from S W. ship by the\nwind standing off shore, at daylight got up\ntackle and stowed down the starboard side of\nthe fore hole at 12 oclock chocked it off\nAfter dinner chocked off main hatch,\nHad frequent showers of rain during the day,","wind":[["first","SW","moderate"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"With moderate southwest winds, the ship stood offshore through frequent rain showers. The crew spent the day stowing down and securing cargo in the fore hold and main hatch.","where":"near land","plate":"work.stowing-a"},{"date":"1865-05-12","events":[],"lat":0.075,"lon":134.2166,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fri 12\nThis day moderate wind from S W, and frequent\nshowers of rain employed at coopering oil,","wind":[["whole","SW","moderate"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Moderate winds from the southwest brought frequent rain showers while the crew worked at coopering oil casks.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-05-13","events":[],"lat":-0.0429,"lon":134.2071,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 13\nThis day light-wind from W, and rainy, at\ndaylight commenced to stow down in after\nhatch worked all day in the rain but did\nnot get through.","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Light winds and rain. The crew spent all day in the rain storing oil barrels in the after hatch but did not finish.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-05-14","events":[],"lat":-0.1607,"lon":134.1976,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 14\nThis day light varible winds men loafing around\nand getting rested for an other days work.","wind":[["whole","variable","light"]],"plain":"Light, variable winds. The crew rested for another day’s work.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Crew loafed around resting on Sunday","quote":"men loafing around and getting rested for an other days work","interest":1}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-05-15","events":[],"lat":-0.2786,"lon":134.1881,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday May the 15th 1864\nThis day a calm men\nEmployed at stowing down in after hatch\nAt 10, 20 Am finished and sent the watch\nBelow, at 4 Pm the capt-brought a Pipes on deck\nAnd asked the crew if they did not want to buy\nTwo of them bought well the rest did not smoke\nAnd did not want them, he called them damned\nFools and took the pipes and threw them overboard\n[struck:","wind":[["whole","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"In calm weather, the crew finished stowing oil casks in the after hatch. Later, the captain brought pipes on deck to sell; when most men declined because they did not smoke, he called them fools and threw the pipes overboard.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Captain threw pipes overboard in anger","quote":"called them damned Fools and took the pipes and threw them overboard","notable":true,"interest":5}],"where":"at sea","plate":"work.stowing-b"},{"date":"1865-05-16","events":[],"lat":-0.3964,"lon":134.1786,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon] 16th\nTues This day calm al-day light-turned the\nLarboard boat up for repairs at 11..10 Am\nFinished her, after noon 2 was employed\nAt fitting big gear, Pikes, Gaffs &c &c [struck: at] -\n[struck: sundown Danger island in sight bearing]\nS by W distance 20 miles","wind":[["whole","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"The day was completely calm. The crew repaired one of the whaleboats, worked on whaling gear, and sighted Danger Island about 20 miles away at sunset.","where":"near land","place":"Danger island"},{"date":"1865-05-17","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":-0.5143,"lon":134.169,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday May, the 17th\nThis day light air\nFrom the E, at daylight - G. E. Chase raised\nA large lone Whale going to the East - but\nFor some reason of. the Capt did not take\nmuch notice of him as he sent down\n[drawing] the Spanker & Gaff-Topsail for repairs\nAs they were singing out for him, at\nSundown Danger Island bearing S dist 30 m","wind":[["whole","E","light"]],"plain":"At daylight, the crew spotted a lone whale heading east, but the captain ignored it and instead had the sails taken down for repairs. By sunset, Danger Island was in sight thirty miles away.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Captain ignored a sighted whale","quote":"","interest":1}],"where":"near land","place":"Danger Island","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1865-05-18","events":[],"lat":-0.6321,"lon":134.1595,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 18th\nThis day, light - varible air, employed at\nRepairing Fore Sail, at - 1 P.M. sent it up,\nAt 5,,20 P.M got both anchors of the bows\nAt sundown the N.E. end of New Guinea\nBearing S. dist - 20 miles,","wind":[["whole","variable","light"]],"plain":"They prepared the anchors and boats while still offshore. At sundown the northeast end of New Guinea bore south about 20 miles away.","where":"near land","place":"New Guinea"},{"date":"1865-05-19","events":[],"lat":-0.75,"lon":134.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday May the 19th 1865\n                      This day comes in\nwith a calm men employed at setting up shooks\nAt-12.20 took a light breeze from the S. E.\nAnd stood intowards Dora, at 3 oclock P m\nthe island about 8 miles off lowered Larboard\n& Bow Boat and pulled in to find the town\nI found the town on the N W end, there\nwere two Dutch missionarys in the town.\nFound the natives docibl.","wind":[["first","","calm"],["first","SE","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"The crew worked at assembling barrels during a morning calm. When a light breeze picked up, they headed toward the island of Dora and sent two boats ashore, finding a town with two Dutch missionaries and \"docile\" natives.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Boats went ashore and met Dutch missionaries","quote":"there were two Dutch missionarys in the town. Found the natives docibl.","interest":5}],"where":"near land","place":"Mansinam"},{"date":"1865-05-20","events":[],"lat":-0.75,"lon":134.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 20th\n[drawing: anchor] This day a calm, at daylight called all hands\nlowered three boats and towed the ship in.\nAt 8 Oclock A m let go our starboard anchor\noff the town in 12 fathoms of water. found our-\nthat there was a few swell potatoes to be had.","wind":[["whole","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"In calm weather at daylight, the crew put out three boats and towed the ship in. By 8 a.m., they anchored off the town in twelve fathoms of water and found a few sweet potatoes to be had.","where":"at anchor","place":"Dorey Harbour"},{"date":"1865-05-21","events":[],"lat":-0.75,"lon":134.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 21st\nThis day at 7 A m sent Starboard watch\non shore at- 12 returned, at 1 P m Port\nWatch went on shore, returned at sundown\nLaying at-Dora Harbour     New Guinea","plain":"While anchored at Dore Harbour, New Guinea, the starboard watch went ashore for the morning, followed by the port watch in the afternoon.","where":"at anchor","place":"Dorey Harbour"},{"date":"1865-05-22","events":[],"lat":-0.75,"lon":134.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday May The 22nd. 1865.\nThis day comes in\nWith rainy weather but for all that at-day\nLight-we rafted the cask and sent them in\n[struck: For] While it went-off with a gang of men wooding\nAt-12 30 Am raft-returned.","weather":["rain"],"plain":"Despite the rain, the crew rafted casks ashore at daylight and sent a work party to gather firewood.","where":"at anchor","place":"Dorey Harbour"},{"date":"1865-05-23","events":[],"lat":-0.75,"lon":134.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 23d\nThis day pleasant but hot-enough to burn you\nUp. ashore wooding 2nd mate employed at-\ntaking it-to-the ship. This day while on shore\nI saw a number of skulls of natives who as we\nsupposed were eaten when they were in a\nSavage state.","plain":"In scorching heat, the crew went ashore for firewood while the second mate transported it to the ship. While ashore, the writer discovered human skulls, supposedly from islanders eaten in earlier times.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Found skulls of eaten natives ashore","quote":"I saw a number of skulls of natives who as we supposed were eaten","interest":5}],"where":"at anchor","place":"Dorey Harbour"},{"date":"1865-05-24","events":[],"lat":-0.75,"lon":134.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 24th\nThis day went-on shore to-cut-wood on an island\nBearing to the N & W of Mancanam at-5 Oclo\nP m boats came in and took it-off. at-sundown\nHad a heavy thunder shower.\nLeaving Mancinam [pencil: New Guinea]","weather":["thunder","rain"],"plain":"They continued cutting wood and taking in water. A heavy thunderstorm struck at sundown.","where":"at anchor","place":"Dorey Harbour"},{"date":"1865-05-25","events":[],"lat":-0.75,"lon":134.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday May the 25th 1865\nThis day went on shore\nto cut about a half a boat load of wood that being\nAll we could take at-9 Oclock returned to the ship\nAt-12.30 Am sent-five cask in for water, at-3 Pm\nThey returned, we have got now on deck 10 cask\nOf water One cask of molasses, one cask of Beef\nFour cask of oil, and three boats load of wood\nWhich we can not get-below, good deck load\nFor a small ship,","plain":"The crew went ashore to cut firewood and bring off water. With ten casks of water, beef, molasses, oil, and firewood crowded on deck that could not fit below, the keeper noted it made a heavy load for a small ship.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Deck crowded with provisions","quote":"good deck load For a small ship","interest":1}],"where":"at anchor","place":"Dorey Harbour"},{"date":"1865-05-26","events":[],"lat":-0.75,"lon":134.15,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid 26\nThis day sent-the starboard watch on shore\nTo stop untill 12 Oclock, at 1 Oclock Pm Port-\nWatch went on shore stoped untill sundown\nLast night the missionarys wife had a child","plain":"Both watches of the crew took turns going ashore. The keeper noted that the missionary's wife had a child the previous night.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Missionary's wife gave birth","quote":"Last night the missionarys wife had a child","interest":4}],"where":"at anchor","place":"Dorey Harbour"},{"date":"1865-05-27","events":[],"lat":-0.75,"lon":134.15,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat 27\nAt daybreak took our ancher and left-the\nPort of Mancinam with a light westerly breege.\nAnd a fair currant, at-10 Oclock took the\nSea breege from the S, E, at-11 Oclock had the\nAnchors stoned and chains below,","wind":[["first","W","light"],["middle","SE",""]],"plain":"At daybreak, the crew weighed anchor and left the port of Mancinam with a light breeze and favorable current, stowing the anchors and chains by 11:00.","where":"near land","place":"Mancinam"},{"date":"1865-05-28","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null},{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":4}],"lat":0.45,"lon":134.7333,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sunday May the 28th 1864\nThis day comes in with\nSqually weather. at-12 O clock cleared up and\nHad [struck: [illegible]] the wind from the S,E. at-1 O clock\nHeman Weeks raised a school of whales going W\nLowered for them but-Waist-boat-went on and\nMissed. they went then untill they came\nUp with a school of B Fish when they brought-\nto and Bow Boat went on and struck whales\nbrought [insertion]too[/insertion] good, brought-four of them to the ship\n[margin]\nL B No 13\n[/margin]\n[drawing: whale stamp horizontally]\n[drawing: whale stamp horizontally]\nW B\nNo 14\nLatt 55..27 N Long 134..44\n[margin]\nB B\nNo 15\n[/margin]\n[drawing: whale stamp vertically]","wind":[["first","SE",""]],"weather":["squalls","clear"],"plain":"The boats first chased a school without success. After encountering blackfish (pilot whales), the bow boat went on and struck whales; four were brought to the ship.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Encountered a school of blackfish (pilot whales)","quote":"they came\nUp with a school of B Fish"}],"where":"at sea","catch":4,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1865-05-29","events":[],"lat":0.5625,"lon":134.6208,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 29th\nThis day at daylight hooked on to the whale\nAnd at-1 Oclock had them in and started the works","plain":"At daylight the crew hooked onto the whale, finished bringing the blubber aboard by one o'clock, and started boiling it into oil.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-b"},{"date":"1865-05-30","events":[],"lat":0.675,"lon":134.5083,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 30th\nEmployed at boiling and minceing had one\nSquall through the day","weather":["squalls"],"plain":"The crew spent the day slicing blubber and boiling it into oil, interrupted by one squall.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-05-31","events":[],"lat":0.7875,"lon":134.3958,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday May the 31st\nAt-daylight-cooled down\nAnd cleand up and cooffered the oil it-\nTurned up 116 bbls, Squally through the fore noon","weather":["squalls"],"plain":"At daylight, the crew cooled down the try-works, cleaned up, and stowed the oil, which yielded 116 barrels. The morning brought squally weather.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-06-01","events":[],"lat":0.9,"lon":134.2833,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs June the 1st\nThis day comes in with strong wind from NNE\nShip steering to the Eastudred, men employed\nAt-cooffering oil, at day light- St-Davids\nIn sight bearing S W, Disthnce 15 miles","wind":[["first","NNE","strong"]],"plain":"The crew worked at coopering oil while sailing eastward in strong winds, with St. Davids Island sighted at daybreak fifteen miles to the southwest.","where":"near land","place":"St-Davids","at":"mapia-atoll"},{"date":"1865-06-02","events":[],"lat":1.0,"lon":134.4333,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid 2nd\nThis day modrate wind from the ENE with many\npassing shouers of rain, between squalls employed\nAt cooffering oil:","wind":[["whole","ENE","moderate"]],"weather":["rain","squalls"],"plain":"Moderate winds brought passing rain showers. Between squalls, the crew worked at coopering oil.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-06-03","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":1.1,"lon":134.5833,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat 3\nThis day comes in with modrate wind from E\nwith frequent-shouers of rain at- 7 Oclock AM\nSam Dick raised A school of whales going to\nwindward, Louwered our boats and [struck: the] [superscript: SB] Starboard\nBoat succeeded in getting one, [superscript: S. B.] Latt 01,, 06 North\nLong 134,, 35 East\n[drawing]","wind":[["first","E","moderate"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"With moderate winds and frequent rain showers, Sam Dick spotted a school of whales heading to windward. The boats were lowered, and the starboard boat succeeded in catching one.","where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1865-06-04","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":1.0206,"lon":134.4578,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday June the 4th 1865\nThis day begins with Light wind\nFrom the Eastward and Heavy showrs, employed\nAt-boiling, after 12. A M Cleared away, at 3 Ocl.\nP M George Chase raised a school of Whales going\nLauick to Windward lowered away and chased\nThem untill sundown then returned to ship\nWithout a fish, had a heavy squall comming on board\nAt-sundown cooled the works down.","wind":[["first","E","light"]],"weather":["rain","squalls"],"plain":"While boiling blubber in light winds and heavy showers, George Chase sighted a school of whales moving quickly upwind. The crew put out the boats and chased them until sundown without catching any.","where":"at sea","plate":"chase.sperm-c"},{"date":"1865-06-05","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":0.9412,"lon":134.3323,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 5th\nThis day light air from the NW with showrs\nOf rain, employed at coopering oil, saw a large\nSchool of Black Fish, Currant-set-22 miles W this 24 hours","wind":[["whole","NW","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Light winds brought rain showers while the crew coopered oil barrels. They sighted a large school of pilot whales.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-06-06","events":[],"lat":0.8618,"lon":134.2068,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 6th\nThis day light-varible airs, ship working to the\nEastward, men employed at-ships duty during\nthe day, Currant set us the last 24 hours\n28 miles to the Westward,","wind":[["whole","variable","light"]],"plain":"The crew worked at routine ship's duties under light, variable breezes. A strong current carried the ship 28 miles to the west over the last 24 hours.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-06-07","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":0.7824,"lon":134.0813,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday June the 7th 1865\nThis day fine pleasant\nLight airs which are varible of course.\nMen engaged at ships duty. saw a large\nSchool of Black Fish. ship Working to the East","wind":[["whole","variable","light"]],"plain":"Fine, pleasant weather with light, variable breezes as the crew carried out routine ship's work. They saw a large school of pilot whales while working the ship eastward.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-06-08","events":[],"lat":0.7029,"lon":133.9559,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 8th\nThis day comes in with light-varible wind\nAt daylight got takle [struck: lup] and commenced\nto stow doun in Fore Hold. at 6 Oclock P m\nthe fore hold chocked of chock to the Forecastle.","wind":[["first","variable","light"]],"plain":"The crew spent the day stowing oil barrels in the forward hold, filling it completely by 6:00 p.m. under light, variable winds.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.stowing-c"},{"date":"1865-06-09","events":[],"lat":0.6235,"lon":133.8304,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid 9th\nLight varible airs. at day light got up takle\nover our remaining half Coffay also commenced\nto stow. at 6 Oclock nocked off work and\nthe ship full with the exeption of a small\nPlace which we have reserved for water. the\nship made 20 miles Easten the last 24 hours","wind":[["whole","variable","light"]],"plain":"Under light, variable breezes, the crew finished stowing casks into the hold, filling the ship completely except for a small space reserved for water.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-06-10","events":[],"lat":0.5441,"lon":133.7049,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 10th\nGood nice breeze from N. E. ship steering S.E.\nMen employed at ship duty. Had heavy showers at\ndaylight.","wind":[["whole","NE","moderate"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Nice breezes and heavy showers at daylight. The crew performed routine ship's duty, with no whales seen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-06-11","events":[],"lat":0.4647,"lon":133.5794,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday June the 11th 1865\nThis day modrate winds\nFrom the W and heavy squalls through the\nDay,, ship steering to the South. currant\nsetting N. W.","wind":[["whole","W","moderate"]],"weather":["squalls"],"plain":"Routine sailing in moderate west winds with heavy squalls throughout the day as the ship steered south against a northwest current.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-06-12","events":[],"lat":0.3853,"lon":133.4539,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 12th\nThis day moderate varible winds and clear\nweather, men employed at straping blocks.\nBark steering S. S. W. - -","wind":[["whole","variable","moderate"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"Moderate, variable winds and clear skies. The crew spent the day strapping blocks as the ship sailed south-southwest.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-06-13","events":[],"lat":0.3059,"lon":133.3284,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 13th\nThis day modrate wind and varible and\nsqually through the day ships course North","wind":[["whole","variable","moderate"]],"weather":["squalls"],"plain":"Routine sailing with moderate, shifting winds and squalls through the day as the ship steered north.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-06-14","events":[],"lat":0.2265,"lon":133.2029,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 14th\nThis day light airs and calm, men employed\nAt varifus dutys of the ship, fore part rain","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["calm","rain"],"plain":"Calm winds and rain in the morning; the crew was occupied with various duties aboard the ship.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-06-15","events":[],"lat":0.1471,"lon":133.0774,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 15th\nThis day modrate varible wind, ship steering\nvarious courses men employed at repareing\nFore Top Gallant Sail, currant setting to N W.","wind":[["whole","variable","moderate"]],"plain":"Moderate, variable winds with the ship steering various courses while the crew repaired the fore topgallant sail.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-06-16","events":[],"lat":0.0676,"lon":132.952,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday June the 16th 1865\nThis day commences\nwith squally weather and a strong breeze from\nthe W. ship by the wind standing into the\nN W by N men engdged at makeing Foxes,","wind":[["first","W","strong"]],"weather":["squalls"],"plain":"Squally weather with strong breezes as the ship headed northwest. The crew was busy making foxes for rope work.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-06-17","events":[],"lat":-0.0118,"lon":132.8265,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 17th\nThis day comes in squally and remains so\nUntill 12 O clock AM had varible wind\nsplit main topssail last night in a squall\nSent it down for repairs at 4 PM sent it up again","wind":[["first","variable",""]],"weather":["squalls"],"plain":"Squally weather split the main topsail during the night. The crew took the sail down for repairs and reset it by late afternoon.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-06-18","events":[],"lat":-0.0912,"lon":132.701,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 18th\nThis day strong wind from N W ship stueing\nS W by W, had a munber of heavy squalls\nthrough the day, no curhant to speak off\nthe past four days,","wind":[["whole","NW","strong"]],"weather":["squalls"],"plain":"The ship faced strong northwest winds and several heavy squalls throughout the day, noting no significant current over the past four days.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-06-19","events":[],"lat":-0.1706,"lon":132.5755,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 19th\nThis day comes in with pleasant weather and\nstrong wind from S, E, at day light sighted a\nsail the first one for three months, at 12,30 Am\nBoarded her she proved to be an English bark\n21 days from Sydney bound to Singapore, Napier\nat 10 A M\nsighted Danger Island bearing SE 40 miles dist- ship bound\nto Molucca Passage again, stueing W by N","wind":[["first","SE","strong"]],"plain":"At daylight the crew sighted a ship—their first in three months—and boarded her at 12:30. She was an English bark named Napier, 21 days out of Sydney bound for Singapore. Later, they sighted Danger Island.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Sighted first ship in three months","quote":"at day light sighted a sail the first one for three months","interest":2},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Napier","rig":"bark","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"near land","place":"Danger Island","plate":"gam.spoke-a"},{"date":"1865-06-20","events":[],"lat":-0.25,"lon":132.45,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tuesday June the 20th 1865\nThis day pleasant with\nA moderate breeze from E. S. E. Ship steering W, S. W\nFor Dampiers Straits, Bark Napier In sight\nAlso the N. side of New Guinea near Cape Good\nHope,","wind":[["whole","ESE","moderate"]],"plain":"The crew sailed west-southwest for Dampier Strait under a pleasant breeze, with the bark Napier and the north coast of New Guinea near Cape Good Hope in sight.","where":"near land","place":"New Guinea near Cape Good Hope"},{"date":"1865-06-21","events":[],"lat":-0.45,"lon":130.95,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 21st\nThis day commences with light air from S W\nShip beating up between the N. W end of Guinea\nAnd the island of Waigiou, men employed at\nStraping Blocks and various other duties\nOf the ship, at sundown the island of\nWaigiou bearing W, dist 20 miles","wind":[["first","SW","light"]],"plain":"The ship sailed against light southwest winds between New Guinea and the island of Waigiou while the crew strapped blocks and tended to routine ship's work.","where":"near land","place":"Waigiou"},{"date":"1865-06-22","events":[],"lat":-0.5871,"lon":130.0159,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 22nd\nThis day comes in with a strong breeze from\nS. W. and rainy weather, at 8 A M cleared up\nAnd had light wind from S. W. the remaining\nPart of the day, at four O clock bent the main\nRoyal and got the Port Anchor of the bou","wind":[["first","SW","strong"],["latter","SW","light"]],"weather":["rain","clear"],"plain":"The day began with a strong breeze and rain before clearing up with light winds. The crew attached the main royal sail and cleared the port anchor from the bow.","where":"at sea","via":[[130.75,-0.65]]},{"date":"1865-06-23","events":[],"lat":-0.5,"lon":129.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Friday June the 23d  1865\nThis day comes in with\nA strong breeze from SW, which lasted untill\n8 Oclock A.M. then had a calm untill\n12 O clk ship drifting down on to the Boo\nIsland all the while then a heavy breeze\nsprung up from S which took us through the\nStraits at 3 Oclock took the anchor on the\nBous again ship running through the Gillolo Passage","wind":[["first","SW","strong"],["middle","","calm"],["latter","S","strong"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"After a morning calm left the ship drifting toward the Boo Islands, a heavy south breeze picked up and carried them through the straits and into the Gillolo Passage.","where":"near land","place":"Gillolo Passage"},{"date":"1865-06-24","events":[],"lat":-0.85,"lon":127.55,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat 24th\nThis day commences with a strong breeze from\nthe S by E, with clear weather at daylight\nOby major in sight bearing SW and run\ndown in abreast Batchian","wind":[["first","S by E","strong"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"The ship sailed past Obi Major and ran down abreast of Bacan under clear skies and a strong breeze.","where":"near land","place":"Batchian","via":[[128.45,-0.95],[127.55,-0.95]]},{"date":"1865-06-25","events":[],"lat":-0.95,"lon":127.3455,"fixed":false,"entry":"Jun 25th\nThis day strong winds from S, at day\nlight a sail in sight at 10 Oclock P m\nspoke her (the Oneida) 26 months out 610\nAt sun down Maugolang, bearing E dist 20","wind":[["whole","S","strong"]],"plain":"Under strong southern winds, the crew sighted a ship at daylight and met with the Oneida, 26 months into its voyage with 610 barrels of oil. At sundown, they sighted land at Maugolang.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Oneida","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":26,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"near land","place":"Maugolang","via":[[127.45,-0.95]],"plate":"gam.spoke-c"},{"date":"1865-06-26","events":[],"lat":-0.9065,"lon":127.1244,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday June the 26th 1865\nThis day moderate\n[whale stamp]\nJune\n27\nwind, gamed with Osceola all hands\nEmployed at supplying their wants, sold to\nHer 5 Bbls of flour 4 1/2 of Beef, 2 Cask of Bread\nAnd 10 gallons of tar some oars &c&","wind":[["whole","","moderate"]],"plain":"They had moderate winds and held a gam with the Osceola, spending the day supplying her with five barrels of flour, four and a half of beef, two casks of bread, ten gallons of tar, and some oars.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Supplied provisions to the Osceola","quote":"all hands Employed at supplying their wants, sold to Her 5 Bbls of flour 4 1/2 of Beef","interest":2},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Osceola","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","via":[[127.15,-0.95]],"plate":"gam.visit-b"},{"date":"1865-06-27","events":[],"lat":-0.6947,"lon":126.9994,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 27th\nThis day moderate pleasant weather, at\nday light Osceola in sight, at 10 Oclock A M\nsaw she had her boats down, we stood along so\nwe could see the whales by that time they struck\nA Cow & calf but the cow stove the second mate\nAnd he cut and let him go","plain":"The crew saw the Osceola with boats out chasing whales. As they sailed closer to watch, the Osceola's crew harpooned a cow and calf, but the cow smashed the second mate's boat, forcing him to cut the line.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Whale smashed a boat from the Osceola","quote":"the cow stove the second mate And he cut and let him go","interest":3}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-06-28","events":[],"lat":-0.4828,"lon":126.8745,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 28th\nThis day moderate wind and plesant wether\nAt day light saw and passed the Sea Queen\nAt 12 Oclock tacked back and saw her again\nJust at night, at 7 Oclock sent a boat on board\nAnd got our letters which she took at Homa,\nSince we left here the Sea Queen took 60 bbls\nWe 420","wind":[["whole","","moderate"]],"plain":"They passed the Sea Queen, met her again in the evening, and sent a boat for letters she had collected at Kema.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Collected letters from the Sea Queen","quote":"sent a boat on board And got our letters which she took at Homa","interest":5,"topic":"letters"},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Sea Queen","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"life.letters-a"},{"date":"1865-06-29","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1},{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-0.271,"lon":126.7496,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday June the 29th 1865\nThis day fine pleasant\nWeather. at 9 O clock [struck: H Wilks] raised a\nSchool of whales lowered our boats and\nStarboard boat struck and got one\nBow boat had one missid. at-sun down\nCapt-Gifford came on board,","plain":"In fine weather, the crew spotted a school of whales at 9 o'clock and put out the boats. The right-hand boat harpooned and captured one, while the bow boat missed. At sundown, Captain Gifford came aboard.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Captain Gifford came aboard","quote":"at-sun down Capt-Gifford came on board","interest":2}],"where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1865-06-30","events":[],"lat":-0.0592,"lon":126.6246,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fri 30th\nPleasant weather at day light got through\nBoiling, men employed at repairing Fore Sail","plain":"The crew finished boiling blubber into oil at daybreak, and the men spent the day repairing the foresail in pleasant weather.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-c"},{"date":"1865-07-01","events":[],"lat":0.1527,"lon":126.4997,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday July the 1st 1865\nFine pleasant\nWeather got a boat-out for the Osceola\nthis day sold to her three Bbls of Flour\n4 1/4 Bbls of beef one Chest of Tea and\nSold her an old last-voyage boat-fit\nFoist put it in to the Hold-and told\nBowdin it-was new","plain":"In pleasant weather, they lowered a boat to visit the Osceola, selling her flour, beef, tea, and an old boat outfit passed off to Bowdin as brand new.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Tricked a buyer with old equipment","quote":"Sold her an old last-voyage boat-fit Foist put it in to the Hold-and told Bowdin it-was new","interest":1},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Osceola","rig":"","port":"","captain":"Bowdin","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.visit-c"},{"date":"1865-07-02","events":[],"lat":0.3645,"lon":126.3748,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday July the 2nd 1865\nThis day fine plesant\nweather, at day Osceola In sight, at\nSun down spoke with her again","plain":"Fine, pleasant weather. The Osceola was in sight all day, and they spoke with her again at sundown.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Osceola","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.spoke-b"},{"date":"1865-07-03","events":[],"lat":0.5763,"lon":126.2499,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 3d\nThis day modrate wind & plesant weather\nMen Imployed at cutting and fitting\nFore Top Gallantsail","wind":[["whole","","moderate"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with moderate winds. The crew worked on cutting and fitting a fore-topgallant sail.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-07-04","events":[],"lat":0.7882,"lon":126.1249,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 4th\nJuly\nThis day strong wind but plesant\nSaw two sails at sun down reefed F\nTopsail,","wind":[["whole","","strong"]],"plain":"Strong winds but pleasant weather. They sighted two ships and reduced sail at sundown.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-07-05","events":[],"lat":1.0,"lon":126.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 5th\nThis day nice plesant weather modrate breez\nAt day light sent down mainsail for repair\nAt 4 Pm sent it up again Osceola &\nSea Queen in sight during the day of Latter\nOff Latta Molucca Passage Beating up the molucca\nOn our what home","wind":[["whole","","moderate"]],"plain":"With pleasant weather and a moderate breeze, the crew took down the mainsail to repair it and sent it back up in the afternoon. They beat through the Molucca Passage, heading toward home, with the Osceola and Sea Queen in sight.","where":"near land","place":"Molucca Passage","at":"molucca-sea"},{"date":"1865-07-06","events":[],"lat":-0.6244,"lon":126.7694,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday July the 6th 1865\nThis day plesant-a\nNice brize at daylight unhung the\nWheel to scrape [it?] and prepair it to\nVarnish at 4 O clock shiped it again\nSea Queen & Osceola in sight during the\nday","wind":[["whole","","moderate"]],"plain":"With pleasant weather and a nice breeze, the crew unhung the ship's wheel at daylight to scrape and prepare it for varnishing, mounting it again at four o'clock. Sea Queen and Osceola were in sight throughout the day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-07-07","events":[],"lat":-1.75,"lon":127.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Frid 7th\nThis day comes in with plesant-weather and\nModrate winds, men employed at-cleaning\nBlocks, Osceola, and Sea Queen passed to leethe\nOf us, at sundown Oby Major bearing E.by. S\nDistance of 50 miles","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"plain":"The crew cleaned blocks in pleasant weather and moderate winds. The Osceola and Sea Queen sailed past, and at sundown Cape Oby Major was fifty miles to the east-southeast.","where":"near land","place":"Oby Major","via":[[127.35,-1.85],[127.65,-1.85]],"at":"obira-island"},{"date":"1865-07-08","events":[],"lat":1.0,"lon":126.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat 8th\nThis day commences with modrate winds and\nPleasant. ship beating up the molucca passage\nTrying to get into the Pitts passage, at 9 Oclk\nA.M. Osceola passed by us to leaward, so ends,","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"plain":"The ship sailed against the wind through the Molucca Passage, trying to reach Pitt's Passage. The Osceola passed by downwind in the morning.","where":"near land","place":"Molucca passage","via":[[127.45,-1.85],[126.15,-0.55]],"at":"molucca-sea"},{"date":"1865-07-09","events":[],"lat":-1.75,"lon":127.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sunday July the 9th 1864\nThis day nice plesant\nweather and strong breze from S.E. at\nDaylight Oby Major bearing SE. 10 miles","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with a strong southeast breeze, sighting Obi Major ten miles to the southeast at daybreak.","where":"near land","place":"Oby Major","via":[[127.35,-1.85],[127.65,-1.85]],"at":"obira-island"},{"date":"1865-07-10","events":[],"lat":-2.0,"lon":129.5,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mon 10th\nThis day comes in with strong winds, ship\nIn Pitts Passage afternoon calm.","wind":[["first","","strong"],["latter","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"The ship sailed through Pitts Passage with strong winds in the morning, followed by a calm afternoon.","where":"near land","place":"Pitts Passage","via":[[129.25,-2.05]]},{"date":"1865-07-11","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-5.5,"lon":127.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tues 11th\nThis day modrate wind and clear weather\n[whale stamp] At 3 PM. ship in Banda Sea at the mouth\nof Pitts Passage when we raised a school of\nWhales going quick to windward lowered our\nBoats but could not get on","wind":[["whole","","moderate"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"In the Banda Sea near the mouth of Pitt's Passage, they spotted a school of whales swimming quickly against the wind. They put boats out to chase them but could not get close enough.","where":"near land","place":"Banda Sea","via":[[127.75,-2.95],[127.55,-5.05]],"plate":"chase.sperm-a"},{"date":"1865-07-12","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"finback","count":null}],"lat":-5.4743,"lon":125.1748,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 12th\nThis day strong wind from S,S,E, saw\nA number of Fin Backs through the day","wind":[["whole","SSE","strong"]],"plain":"The ship faced strong south-southeasterly winds, and the crew saw a number of finback whales throughout the day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-07-13","events":[],"lat":-5.35,"lon":123.45,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thursday July the 13th 1865\nThis day modrate wind\nAnd clear weather ship steiring SbyW. at\n4 Oclock sighted Wanginangi bearing SW by W\nkept the ship off and passed the island with\nin 2 miles wangi steiring Sby W, at-7 30 Pm\nthe ship struck a reef while the ship was\nGoing eight knots and run her nose on to the\n[struck: head of] Waist Boat, got out the lead and sounded\nAll Around the ship, got 1/2 fathom at her cut water\nAmidsheps 10 fathoms and no soundings aelurn\nGot out the Starboard Anchor an took into the\nBoat carried it aft and droped it under the\nQuarter, got cask on poop and filled them, got\nOut a heavy spar to sheer her of with but by this\ntime it was bare under her bow, furled light-\nsails and sent the watch below, at-10 Oclock\nTide changed and began to come in again\nto breakers on","wind":[["whole","","moderate"]],"weather":["clear"],"plain":"After passing the island of Wanginangi, the ship struck a reef while sailing at eight knots, grounding hard forward. The crew sounded around the vessel, set an anchor aft, shifted water casks, and tried using a spar to pry her off.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Ship grounded on a reef","quote":"the ship struck a reef while the ship was Going eight knots","interest":3}],"where":"near land","place":"Wanginangi","via":[[123.45,-5.45]]},{"date":"1865-07-14","events":[],"lat":-6.7,"lon":123.1,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday July the 14th 1865-\nThis morning a good\nBreeze on at 2 Oclock the ship came of\nthe reef, took Kedge out on the quarter\nTook our Large anchor and the pagerap\nAnd at 2.10 Am she was afloat and\nsound as ever,","wind":[["first","","fresh"]],"plain":"With a good breeze blowing, the crew hauled the ship off the reef using a kedge anchor and the large anchor; by 2:10 AM she was safely afloat and undamaged.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Ship hauled off a reef","quote":"at 2.10 Am she was afloat and sound as ever","interest":3}],"where":"near land"},{"date":"1865-07-15","events":[],"lat":-8.05,"lon":122.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat- 15th\nThis day comes in with a strong breez- from\nE by S ship steering S S E. at daylight- steerd\nher off S. W by W. for Flores Head which is\nPlain in sight, rove new main top Gallant-\nsheets,","wind":[["first","E by S","strong"]],"plain":"With a strong breeze blowing, Flores Head came clearly into sight at daylight, and the crew steered toward it and worked on the rigging.","where":"near land","place":"Flores Head","at":"tanjung-bunga"},{"date":"1865-07-16","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-8.35,"lon":121.15,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sun 16th\nThis day light wind and plesant weather\nAt- 2 Oclock (Dick) raised a school of whales\n[drawing: whale tail] Going quick to windward, lowered away and\noff flores\nchased them at 4 Oclock Bow Boat got the chance\nto go on but- gave up the chance to whist boat as I\nHad Had [illegible] missed the last tier we saw them\nshe went on and missed, came on board,\nAnd had a jolly good growl,","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"plain":"Off Flores, the crew spotted a school of whales and put out the boats. After one boat gave up its chance to another that then missed, they returned to the ship and had \"a jolly good growl.\"","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Crew grumbled after a missed strike","quote":"came on board, And had a jolly good growl","interest":1},{"kind":"crew","title":"Crew had a jolly good growl","quote":"came on board,\nAnd had a jolly good growl","interest":1}],"where":"near land","place":"flores","plate":"chase.sperm-b"},{"date":"1865-07-17","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":-8.35,"lon":121.15,"fixed":true,"entry":"Monday July the 17th 1865\nThis day light wind\nAt daylight 10 miles from Flores shore\ngot the new sail on deck and got the new\nFore sail & Top Sail ready to bend\nAt 6 PM saw Black Fish","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"plain":"With light winds ten miles off Flores, the crew brought new sails on deck and prepared to attach the new foresail and topsail. In the evening, they saw pilot whales.","where":"near land","place":"Flores"},{"date":"1865-07-18","events":[],"lat":-8,"lon":120.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tues 18th\nThis day light wind and pleasant men employed\nAt Coulking poop deck and breaking out aper\nHatch for Pork and Beef at sun down we could\nsee the West end of Flores Lat [illegible] Long 120, 45', E.","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"plain":"With light winds and pleasant weather, the crew caulked the poop deck and broke out beef and pork from the hatch. At sunset, the west end of Flores was in sight.","where":"near land","place":"Flores","via":[[121.05,-8.25]]},{"date":"1865-07-19","events":[],"lat":-8.0861,"lon":121.4735,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wed 19th\nThis day moderate wind and plesant men\nEmployed at various duties of the ship,\nAt sundown within ten miles of the land","wind":[["whole","","moderate"]],"plain":"The crew handled routine ship's duties under moderate winds and pleasant weather. By sunset, they were within ten miles of land.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1865-07-20","events":[],"lat":-8.1723,"lon":122.197,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 20th\nThis day nice pleasant weather weather\nMen employed at picking Oakum to [miles?]\nCaulk poop at sun down the island 20","plain":"With pleasant weather, the crew picked oakum to prepare for caulking the poop deck. At sundown, an island was sighted about 20 miles away.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1865-07-21","events":[],"lat":-8.2,"lon":122.8,"fixed":true,"entry":"Friday July the 21st 1863\nThis day comes in\nWith light-air and some times calm, at day\nLight saw a ship trying to work to Eastward,\nAt sundown the Bastards bearing S,E, dist-10 miles","wind":[["first","","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"Light winds and occasional calms; they spotted a ship trying to work eastward. By sundown, the Bastards were 10 miles to the southeast.","where":"near land","place":"the Bastards","via":[[122.85,-8.25]]},{"date":"1865-07-22","events":[],"lat":-5.05,"lon":121.75,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 22nd\nThis day light airs and varible, at 10 Am saw\nA Proffish under the land the first we\nHave seen since we have been on the ground\nShip steering off to westward bound into\nJava Lea,","wind":[["whole","variable","light"]],"plain":"They saw an object under the land, described with an unclear word that may mean a propeller vessel or a porpoise.","where":"near land","place":"Java Lea","via":[[122.65,-8.25],[121.75,-5.25]]},{"date":"1865-07-23","events":[],"lat":-7.85,"lon":120.8,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sun 23d\nThis day light wind from N,E, ship steering\nW With in 14 miles of the land\nSaw nothing worthy of note. Latt 7,51 Long 120,48","wind":[["whole","NE","light"]],"plain":"Sailing west under light northeast winds within 14 miles of land, with nothing else worthy of note seen.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1865-07-24","events":[],"lat":-8.35,"lon":121.15,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mon 24th\nThis day plesant light wind E by S\nEmployed at stowing oil in after Hatch, at 11 30 Am\nRaised a Brig, working to eastward, at 3 oclock\nFinished stowing down sighted the West end of the\nIsland of Flores,","wind":[["whole","E by S","light"]],"plain":"With pleasant weather and light winds, the crew finished storing oil in the hold. They sighted a brig sailing eastward and later spotted the west end of the island of Flores.","where":"near land","place":"Flores","plate":"work.stowing-b"},{"date":"1865-07-25","events":[],"lat":-4.55,"lon":119.45,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday July the 25th 1865\nThis day moderate wind\nAnd nice plesant weather. at daylight the\nIsland of Gonong Apee bearing W. by S. dist-\nOff. 35 miles, at 4 Oclock got both anchors of\n[struck: of] the bows, so ends this day.","wind":[["whole","","moderate"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with moderate winds. At daylight, the island of Gunungapi was sighted 35 miles away, and the crew got both anchors ready on the bows.","where":"near land","place":"Gonong Apee","via":[[119.25,-5.45],[119.25,-5.15]]},{"date":"1865-07-26","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":-8.25,"lon":118.35,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 26th\nThis day light SE winds and plesant weather.\nAt. 3, 30 P m Gilbert Palmer raised a school\nOf whales about four miles from the beach\n[drawing] Of Sambawa lowered our boats and the\nLarboard boat drifted over them while they\nwere down at sun down came on board","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"In the afternoon, Gilbert Palmer sighted a school of whales about four miles off Sumbawa. The crew put out boats to chase them, and the left boat drifted right over them while they were submerged, but returned empty-handed at sunset.","where":"near land","place":"Sambawa","plate":"chase.sperm-a"},{"date":"1865-07-27","events":[],"lat":-8.25,"lon":118.35,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 27th\nThis day light air and some times calm. at\ndaylight saw two merchant men bound to\nthe Eastward, tacked ship and are trying\n[struck: to] now to get into the cove on Sambawa","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"With light airs and occasional calms, the ship turned and tried to work into the cove at Sambawa. At daylight, they saw two merchant ships sailing eastward.","where":"near land","place":"Sambawa"},{"date":"1865-07-28","events":[],"lat":-8.25,"lon":118.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Friday July the 28th 1865-\nThis day comes in with\npleasant weather and moderate winds from\nE. at daylight at the mouth of the bay leading\nto the town of Bema on the island Sambana\nAt 12 Oclock let our anchor [drawing: anchor] go in 11 fathoms\nwater about 1 mile from the town. Had som\nSweet Potatoes but the capt being so dam\nmean he would not buy them.","wind":[["first","E","moderate"]],"plain":"The ship anchored off the town of Bema on the island of Sambana. Sweet potatoes were available, but the keeper grumbled that the captain was \"so dam mean he would not buy them.\"","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Captain refused to buy sweet potatoes","quote":"the capt being so dam mean he would not buy them","interest":1}],"where":"at anchor","place":"Bema, island Sambana","via":[[118.45,-8.15],[118.75,-8.15]],"at":"bima"},{"date":"1865-07-29","events":[],"lat":-8.25,"lon":118.75,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat 29th\nAt daylight this morning sent the\nraft in for water at the town but it\nsoon returned without any water there\nbeing none in the town, sent it to a\nslough hole down the bay N E by N from\nthe anchorage but were not able to\nfill but two cask each day, at 11 Oclk\nA M, English bark Stag of Melbourne\ncame to anchor, after a load of horses &\ncattle","plain":"The crew tried to fetch water from town, but found none. They sent the water raft to a slough down the bay and managed to fill only two casks. The English bark Stag of Melbourne anchored nearby to load horses and cattle.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"English bark arrived for livestock","quote":"English bark Stag of Melbourne came to anchor, after a load of horses & cattle","interest":2},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Stag","rig":"bark","port":"Melbourne","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at anchor","plate":"gam.spoke-c"},{"date":"1865-07-30","events":[],"lat":-8.25,"lon":118.75,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday July the 30th 1865\nThis morning at\n7 P.M. the gang (the Starboard watch went\non shore for a run, at 12 Oclock returned\nTo the ship all sober with the exception\nOf one, Filbert Palmer, who came on board\nDrunk and tryed to kick up h=ll, but\nwas soon stoped.","plain":"Half the crew went ashore for liberty. All returned sober except Gilbert Palmer, who came back drunk and tried to cause trouble before being quickly subdued.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Drunken crewman caused trouble","quote":"tryed to kick up h=ll, but was soon stoped","interest":3}],"where":"in port"},{"date":"1865-07-31","events":[],"lat":-8.25,"lon":118.75,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 31st\nThis day the water gang, went in to fill\nWater, at night came on board haveing\nFilled three cask","plain":"The water gang went ashore to collect fresh water, returning to the ship at night having filled three casks.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1865-08-01","events":[],"lat":-8.25,"lon":118.75,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday August the 1st 1865\nThis month comes in plesant,\nThis morning the gang, went in to fill\nWater, at sun set kame on board haveing\nFilled two cask, men employed at painting\nThe ships bends.","plain":"The crew went ashore in the morning and brought back two casks of fresh water by sunset, while others painted the ship's outer hull.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1865-08-02","events":[],"lat":-8.25,"lon":118.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wednesday Aug the 2nd 1865\nThis day sent the gang\nIn to fill water at 3 O clock Pm come on\nBoard with the raft- but- three of the cask\nWere empty at 4 O clock Pm took our anchor\nAnd left the town of Bema,","plain":"A crew went ashore to fetch water, returning with the raft at 3 p.m. with three empty casks. At 4 p.m., they weighed anchor and departed the town of Bema.","where":"at anchor","place":"Bema","at":"bima"},{"date":"1865-08-03","events":[],"lat":-8.25,"lon":118.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 3d\nThis day light wind bark cruising of the\nLarge Bay just to the west of Bema raised boat\nAt sun down took in sail pointed Bow &","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"plain":"The bark cruised with light winds off the large bay just west of Bema. At sundown they took in sail.","where":"near land","place":"Bema","at":"bima"},{"date":"1865-08-04","events":[],"lat":-7.9816,"lon":117.6286,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid 4th\nThis day comes in with a strong breeze\nFrom East at daylight kept the ship off\nWest saw two sails one of them the stag\nWho we left in port, [blot]","wind":[["first","E","strong"]],"plain":"Strong easterly breezes. At daylight they headed west and saw two ships, including the Stag, which they had recently left behind in port.","where":"at sea","via":[[118.65,-8.15],[117.85,-7.95]]},{"date":"1865-08-05","events":[],"lat":-8.15,"lon":116.45,"fixed":true,"entry":"Saturday Aug the 5th\nThis day begins with light wind\nFrom the S. E. Ship steering W at daylight the\nPeak of Lumbuck bearing S saw a number\nOf Merchantman bound to the Eastward\nAnd one bound to the Westward.","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"The crew sailed west under light winds and sighted the Peak of Lombok at daylight. They also saw several merchant ships passing by.","where":"near land","place":"Peak of Lumbuck","at":"mount-rinjani"},{"date":"1865-08-06","events":[],"lat":-8.55,"lon":114.95,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sun 6th\nThis day comes in with light air and varibles\nShip working to the W at daylight the volcano\nOf Bally bearing S saw a number of merchant-\nmen some going E. and others bound West\nAt sun down the volcano of Bally bearing SE by E","wind":[["first","variable","light"]],"plain":"With light, variable winds, the ship worked westward past the volcano of Bally and sighted several merchant ships sailing east and west.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Volcano of Bally sighted","quote":"at daylight the volcano Of Bally bearing S","interest":1}],"where":"near land","place":"Bally","via":[[116.15,-8.15],[115.75,-8.75],[115.55,-8.95],[114.95,-8.95]]},{"date":"1865-08-07","events":[],"lat":-7.5715,"lon":115.0158,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 7th\nThis day moderate wind from E. to N E men\nEmployed in makeing preperations for port\nSaw a number of sails during the day","wind":[["whole","ENE","moderate"]],"plain":"The crew prepared the ship for port under moderate winds, sighting several other vessels throughout the day.","where":"at sea","via":[[114.95,-8.95],[115.65,-8.95],[115.85,-8.35]]},{"date":"1865-08-08","events":[],"lat":-7.05,"lon":112.65,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 8th\nThis day light wind from E, at daylight of the\nend of Jaba, [struck: stood] in to the land and at 3 o clk\nPM came to an anchor of the city of Sourabay in 4\nFathoms of water 42 sails at anchor. [drawing]","wind":[["whole","E","light"]],"plain":"They anchored off Surabaya at 3 p.m., with forty-two sails at anchor.","where":"at anchor","place":"Surabaya","via":[[114.35,-6.95],[113.95,-6.75],[112.75,-6.75]]},{"date":"1865-08-09","events":[],"lat":-7.05,"lon":112.65,"fixed":false,"entry":"Women came of to see if they could find a husband.\nWednesday Aug the 9th 1865\n[drawing of anchor] this day men employed\nIn scraping iron work and painting Port-\nside of the ship. sent down Fore stay and\nspliced it where in parted in the collar. set-\nup main top mast-stay a Top Gallant stay\nAt-3 Pm took our anchor and went down into\nthe Rodes. this day we heard for the first-time\nthat ther was peace in famedica","plain":"The crew repaired and painted the ship, then moved into the roads at 3 p.m. Women visited looking for husbands. They also heard for the first time that there was peace in America.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Learned the Civil War had ended","quote":"heard for the first-time that ther was peace in famedica","notable":true,"interest":4},{"kind":"people","title":"Women searched for husbands aboard","quote":"Women came of to see if they could find a husband.","interest":2}],"where":"at anchor","place":"Surabaya"},{"date":"1865-08-10","events":[],"lat":-7.05,"lon":112.65,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 10th\nAt daylight commenced scraping iron work\nAnd painting Starboard side. broke out-\nBeef & Flour and sent it on shore\nsent down Fore Sail. and got the yards\nReady for painting","plain":"The crew scraped ironwork, painted the ship's right side and prepared the yards for painting. They also sent beef and flour ashore.","where":"at anchor","place":"Surabaya"},{"date":"1865-08-11","events":[],"lat":-7.05,"lon":112.65,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid 11th\nThis day got through painting. at sun\ndown 60 sacks of yams come off","plain":"The crew finished painting the ship. At sunset, sixty sacks of yams were brought aboard.","where":"at anchor","place":"Surabaya"},{"date":"1865-08-12","events":[],"lat":-7.05,"lon":112.65,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday Aug the 12th 1865\nAt daylight we turned\nout and while we stood looking over the side\nwe saw a man fall over board from the Dutch\nBark Two Sisters the[sic] threw the life bouy at him\nBut he did not notice it- we all watched him\nAnd saw him go down he was the Carpenter he\nCome on deck at daylight and took the end of\nA rope and slacked himself down to the water-\nthe mate asked him what he was doing over there\nHe said he was looking to see if the Copper wanted\nAny thing done to it- when he let go and was drouned\nSent- Starboard watch on liberty","plain":"At daylight, the crew watched the carpenter fall overboard from the Dutch bark Two Sisters. He had lowered himself down to inspect the ship's copper, then let go and drowned. Half the crew was sent on liberty.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Carpenter from nearby Dutch bark drowned","quote":"we all watched him And saw him go down","interest":5,"topic":"deaths"},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Two Sisters","rig":"bark","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at anchor","place":"Surabaya","plate":"gam.spoke-a"},{"date":"1865-08-13","events":[],"lat":-7.05,"lon":112.65,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 13th\nThis day pleasant- at 7 O clock Port watch\nWent on liberty","plain":"The weather was pleasant. At seven o'clock, the port watch went ashore on liberty.","where":"at anchor","place":"Surabaya"},{"date":"1865-08-14","events":[],"lat":-7.05,"lon":112.65,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 14th\nAt day light the Port watch came of and\nStarboard watch went on shore","plain":"At daybreak, the port watch returned aboard and the starboard watch went ashore on leave.","where":"at anchor","place":"Surabaya"},{"date":"1865-08-15","events":[],"lat":-7.05,"lon":112.65,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tus 15th\nAt day light watch came of and Port watch\nwent on shoer got ready for Sea","plain":"The watches changed shore leave as the crew prepared for sea.","where":"at anchor","place":"Surabaya"},{"date":"1865-08-16","events":[],"lat":-6.5674,"lon":111.6023,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday Aug the 16 th 1865-\nThis day at-daylight-\nThe watch come off and we took the Pilot-also\nOur anchor and left-the Port-of Sourabay.\nAt-sundown came to an anchor 40 miles from\nSourabay in five fathoms of water","plain":"The watch returned aboard at daylight, and with a pilot on board, the crew weighed anchor and left the port of Sourabay. At sundown, they anchored in five fathoms of water, forty miles away.","where":"at anchor","place":"About 40 miles from Surabaya","via":[[112.65,-6.85],[112.15,-6.75]]},{"date":"1865-08-17","events":[],"lat":-6.2737,"lon":110.3548,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thurs 17 th\nThis morning at-4 Oclock. took our anchor\nAnd stood down the bay with a nice breeze\nAt 8 Oclk the Pilot left-us. at-12 Oclock we\nHad six men laying sick with Cholera. and\nDisentary. at-4.30 Pm Charles H Little of Wareham\nDied of Cholera he will be burried to morrow","plain":"The ship weighed anchor and sailed down the bay, dropping off the pilot. By noon, six men lay sick with cholera and dysentery. At 4:30 p.m., Charles H. Little of Wareham died of cholera.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Crewman died of cholera","quote":"Charles H Little of Wareham Died of Cholera he will be burried to morrow","notable":true,"interest":5,"topic":"deaths"},{"kind":"crew","title":"Pilot left the ship","quote":"At 8 Oclk the Pilot left-us","interest":1},{"kind":"accident","title":"Six men sick with cholera and dysentery","quote":"six men laying sick with Cholera. and\nDisentary","interest":1,"topic":"sickness"}],"where":"near land","via":[[111.55,-6.55],[110.95,-6.35]]},{"date":"1865-08-18","events":[],"lat":-6.11,"lon":109.0778,"fixed":false,"entry":"Fri 18\nThis day comes in pleasant-what-few men we\nHave well are employed in taking care of the\nSick 12 in number at-12.20. hauled aback\nMain yard to bury the body of a ship mate. he was\nLaid on the gangway board the capt read two chapters\nFrom the Bibles. the 14.th of Job. and 11th of St-John. the\nCapt wife made a prayer then he was launched into the\nDeep","plain":"With twelve crew members sick, the few well men cared for them. At 12:20 p.m. they buried Charles H. Little at sea. The captain read scripture and his wife prayed.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Burying a shipmate at sea","quote":"the Capt wife made a prayer then he was launched into the Deep","interest":3},{"kind":"accident","title":"Buried a shipmate at sea","quote":"at-12.20. hauled aback\nMain yard to bury the body of a ship mate","interest":3,"topic":"deaths"}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-08-19","events":[],"lat":-5.9462,"lon":107.8007,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday Aug the 19th 1865\nThis day employed in\nTaking care of sick which is no small job\nAt [struck: 4] 4 30 Pm. a Portoguese by the name of\nSamuel Shick died of Collera morbus","plain":"The crew spent the day caring for the sick, which was \"no small job.\" At 4:30 PM, a Portuguese crewman named Samuel Shick died of cholera morbus.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Crewman died of cholera morbus","quote":"a Portoguese by the name of Samuel Shick died of Collera morbus","interest":5,"topic":"deaths"}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-08-20","events":[],"lat":-5.6,"lon":106.583,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sun 20th\nThis day commences with pleasant weather had\nLight & varible wind during the day. at -5.30 Pm\nAll hands were summonesed around the mainmast\nTo witness the burial of an other of our number\nThe capt read the 1/3 chapter of Corinthians\nAnd Mrs Beebe offered a prayer in his behalf\nThen the board was lifted and we sent a good\nman as ever was to his last home, amongst the thousand islands","wind":[["whole","variable","light"]],"plain":"In pleasant weather, all hands gathered at the mainmast at 5:30 p.m. for the burial of another crew member. The captain read from Corinthians and Mrs. Beebe prayed before burying \"a good man as ever was.\"","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Burial of a crew member at sea","quote":"we sent a good man as ever was to his last home","interest":5,"topic":"deaths"},{"kind":"accident","title":"Buried a crew member at sea","quote":"burial of an other of our number\nThe capt read the 1/3 chapter of Corinthians\nAnd Mrs Beebe offered a prayer","interest":3,"topic":"deaths"}],"where":"near land","place":"thousand islands","via":[[107.05,-5.85]]},{"date":"1865-08-21","events":[],"lat":-6.05,"lon":105.85,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mon 21st\nThis day pleasant with light wind and varible.\nWe have another man laying just at the point\nOf death, Edward Fisher of Nantucket, we have\n6 on the sick list to day. at 3 Oclock passed the\nTown of Anjier boarded a dutch ship for medicin","wind":[["whole","variable","light"]],"plain":"They passed Anjer at 3 o’clock and boarded a Dutch ship for medicine. Six men were on the sick list, including Edward Fisher of Nantucket, who lay at the point of death.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Six sick crewmen and one near death","quote":"another man laying just at the point Of death, Edward Fisher of Nantucket","interest":5,"topic":"deaths"}],"where":"near land","place":"Anjier","via":[[105.85,-5.95]]},{"date":"1865-08-22","events":[],"lat":-6.9416,"lon":103.075,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday Aug the 22nd 1865-\nThis day strong breeze from\nS E, ship steering W S W and we are out in a\nopen Ocean, some of the sick men turned too\nBut have a number of them on hand yet. one\nof them can not live the night out,-","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"plain":"Sailing through the open ocean in a strong breeze, some of the sick crewmen returned to duty, but several remained ill, and one was not expected to survive the night.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-08-23","events":[],"lat":-7.8333,"lon":100.3,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 23d\nThis day strong wind from S E, ship steering W S W\nwith every thing out that we can spreade, At 5,15-\nthis morning Eduard B Fisher a Nantucket boy\nwas called to his last home, he was the first one\ntaken sick. at 4 Oclock P m took in all sail\nWore ship and got ready to bury the boy the\nGangway board was taken out, the corpse layed\non it and covered with the American Ensign\nThe captain read a chapter from the 14 of St John\nMrs Beebe offered a prayer then board was raised\nAnd the third one was launched into the deep\nWore ship again made sail and stood on\nOur course Latt. 07. 50 S Long 100.18 West.","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"plain":"Early in the morning, Edward B. Fisher of Nantucket died of illness. That afternoon the crew took in sail and buried him at sea, covering his body with the American flag as the captain read scripture and Mrs. Beebe prayed.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"A Nantucket boy died and was buried","quote":"Eduard B Fisher a Nantucket boy was called to his last home","interest":5,"topic":"deaths"}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-08-24","events":[],"lat":-9.0722,"lon":96.9667,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday Aug 24th 1865\nThis day strong breeze from\nS.E. ship stearing W.S.W. the last 48 hours the\nship has leakked badly. this morning hauled\nthe pumps out to put a strainer over the foot\nof them to prevent pumping our coal must up.\nthe old man is trying to rig the minceing machine\nso he can pump ship with it. Long [struck: West] 96,,58 East","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"plain":"The ship had been leaking badly over the past two days. The crew pulled up the pumps to attach a strainer, and the captain tried rigging the blubber-slicing machine to help pump out the ship.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Captain tried rigging mincing machine as pump","quote":"the old man is trying to rig the minceing machine so he can pump ship with it","interest":3}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-08-25","events":[],"lat":-10.3111,"lon":93.7584,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid 25th\nThis day comes in pleasant, half a gale of wind\nBlowing from S.E. by E. ship stearing W.S.W. men\nEmployed at makeing a Wedge pump, the\nship leaks worse than ever. by going down\nInto the fore castle you cant see a stream comeing\nIn as large as your arm, and can hear another\nBehind the ceiling much larger.","wind":[["first","SE by E","gale"]],"plain":"The crew worked on making a wedge pump in a moderate gale, as the ship was leaking worse than ever. In the forecastle, they could see water pouring in a stream as large as an arm and hear an even bigger leak behind the inner hull.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Severe leaks flooded the forecastle","quote":"you cant see a stream comeing In as large as your arm, and can hear another","interest":3}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-08-26","events":[],"lat":-11.55,"lon":90.55,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat 26th\nThis day blowing strong S.E. trades, men employed\nAt setting up Fore topmast-and topgallant\nBack stays ship stearing W.S.W.\n[struck: Lat] Lat 11,,33,,S Long 90,,33,,E","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"plain":"Strong southeast trade winds blew as the crew tightened the rigging on the masts.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-08-27","events":[],"lat":-13.475,"lon":88.075,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday Aug the 27th 1865\nThis day comes in with\nmoderate wind and frequent showers of rain\nShip steering W S W under a press of sail.\nThis after noon Mrs Beebe came on deck for the\nfirst time since the death of the first man\nthe 17th of this month","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Mrs. Beebe came on deck for the first time since the first crew member died on August 17.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Mrs. Beebe came on deck after bereavement","quote":"Mrs Beebe came on deck for the first time since the death of the first man","interest":2}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-08-28","events":[],"lat":-15.4,"lon":85.6,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mon [blot] 28th\nThis day comes in with moderate wind which\nHauls four points each way. the ship has\nnot leaked much the last twenty four hours.\nEmployed at caulking the boat to prevent\nthe leak. Latt 15..24 S Long 85.. 36 East","wind":[["first","variable","moderate"]],"plain":"They caulked the ship’s bows to stop the leak.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-08-29","events":[],"lat":-15.2,"lon":82.9167,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 29\nThis day comes in pleasant with a nice\nBreeze but well forward, bent a new\nMizen Stay Sail and new Fore Top mast\nStay Sail. stood no mast heads yet since\nLeaving port. Gomes came on duty he is the\nLast man of the sick.","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"plain":"The crew bent new staysails and had not yet set lookouts at the mastheads since leaving port. Gomes, the last of the sick men, returned to duty.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Gomes returned to duty from illness","quote":"Gomes came on duty he is the\nLast man of the sick","topic":"sickness"}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-08-30","events":[],"lat":-15.0,"lon":80.2333,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wednesday Aug the 30th 1865\nThis day strong trades\nShip stering W. S. W under all sail. men\nLat,, 15,, 00 S\nEmployed at various duties of the ship Long 80, 14 E","wind":[["whole","","strong"]],"plain":"Routine sailing under strong trade winds with every sail set while the crew attended to various ship's duties.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-08-31","events":[],"lat":-16.1833,"lon":77.0833,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 31st\nThis day strong trades ship under main top\ngallant sail no fore. employed at caulking\nLat 16,, 11 S\nPoop. and lashing harness cask &c Long 77,, 05","wind":[["whole","","strong"]],"plain":"Strong trade winds continued as the crew worked at caulking the poop deck and securing the harness casks.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-01","events":[],"lat":-17.65,"lon":73.6167,"fixed":true,"entry":"Friday September the 1st 1865\nThis day comes in\nwith thick and rainy weather. strong breeze.\nShip under all sail steering W. S. W. sent the\nSpanker down to repair and had a nasty\ntime of it do, at 4 Oclk finished it and\nsent it aloft Lat 17..39 S Long 73. 37, E,\n[in left margin, vertically:] thank fox fog[struck: y] is [illegible]\ndear toto Hart,","wind":[["first","","strong"]],"weather":["rain","fog"],"plain":"The ship sailed under full sail through thick, rainy weather with a strong breeze. The crew took down the spanker to repair it and had a nasty time doing so before finishing at four o'clock.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Keeper complained about difficult sail repairs","quote":"sent the Spanker down to repair and had a nasty time of it","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1865-09-02","events":[],"lat":-18.7167,"lon":70.7333,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat 2nd\nThis day comes in with thick cloudy weather\nstrong wind and ship with studdingsails\nout. broke out coal from chaisl pen\nshooked cask to get them of deck, stering\nW. S. W during the day\nLatt 18..43 Long 70..44","wind":[["first","","strong"]],"weather":["cloudy"],"plain":"The ship sailed west-southwest under strong winds and thick, cloudy weather. The crew broke out coal and knocked down casks to clear the deck.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-03","events":[],"lat":-20.0,"lon":67.2,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sunday Sep the 3d 1865\nThis day comes in with moderate\nwinds, ship under all sail steering W by S 1/2 S.\nEmployed at pumping ship she has\nnot leaked very bad this twenty four hours\nBut bad enough. Latt 20,, 00 S Long 67,, 12,, East","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"plain":"The crew sailed under full canvas while pumping the leaking ship, which did not leak too severely over the last twenty-four hours, \"but bad enough.\"","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Crew constantly pumped the leaking ship","quote":"she has not leaked very bad this twenty four hours But bad enough.","interest":3}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-04","events":[],"lat":-20.75,"lon":64.5,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mon 4th\nThese twenty four hours bigins with moderate\ntrades ship under all sail steering W by S 1/2 S\nEmployed at shooking water cask and\nstowing them away in after hatch. at 4 Oclk\nBreeze freshning took in F. T. G sail but\nLeft main Royal out - This day dreampt\nthat cousin Rachel had got married and\ngot one child. Latt,, 20 S 45 Long. 64,, 30 East","wind":[["first","","moderate"],["first","","fresh"]],"plain":"The crew dismantled water casks and stowed them in the after hatch under moderate trades. The keeper noted a dream about his cousin Rachel getting married and having a child.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Keeper dreamt of cousin's marriage","quote":"dreampt that cousin Rachel had got married and got one child.","interest":2}],"where":"at sea","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1865-09-05","events":[],"lat":-21.8333,"lon":61.3333,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tues 5th\nCommences with strong trades and pleasant\nweather men employed at ships duty. at\n8 Oclk the capt and 2nd mate had\nA strong growl Latt 21.S 50.S Long 61,, 20 east","wind":[["first","","strong"]],"plain":"The crew worked at routine ship's duties under strong trade winds. At eight o'clock, the captain and the second mate had a heated argument.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Captain and second mate had an argument","quote":"the capt and 2nd mate had A strong growl","interest":3}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-06","events":[],"lat":-22.8,"lon":57.9,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wednesday Sep the 6th 1865-\nThis day nice plesant-\nWeather moderate trades ship steering W. by S. 1/2 S.\nunder all sail, set up F. Y. T. Backstays and\nFlying jib stay, made new fore tacks and\ncaulked the front of the poop, &c [marginalia: Latt 22..48 S | Long 57..54]","wind":[["whole","","moderate"]],"plain":"Nice, pleasant weather with moderate trade winds. The crew set up stays, made new fore tacks, and caulked the front of the poop deck while sailing with every sail set.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-07","events":[],"lat":-23.6,"lon":55.9667,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 7th\nComes in with pleasant weather and modua[superscript: te]\ntrades. ship under all sail steering W by S.\nsent in Fly jib [insertion: repairdit-] and sent [struck: sent it] out again\nEmployed during the after noon caulking the\nBow trying to stop the leak, found a large\nHole that you might shove your hand in\nSo ends this day, Latt 23..36. S. Long. 55..58 East","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"plain":"Under pleasant weather and moderate trade winds, the crew repaired the flying jib and worked at caulking the bow to stop a leak, discovering a hole large enough to shove a hand into.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Large hole found in the bow","quote":"found a large Hole that you might shove your hand in","interest":3}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-08","events":[],"lat":-24.4167,"lon":54.4,"fixed":true,"entry":"Fry 8th\nThis day strong breeze from E. ship steering W by S.\nunder all sail. at 10 Oclk A.m wind hauled\nInto the N.W. wher it remained during the\nday. sent down Foretop sail and mende\nstitched it, bent new Foresail and jib\nLatt 24..25. S. Long [struck: 5] 54..24 East","wind":[["first","E","strong"],["middle","NW",""]],"plain":"The crew sailed with every sail set, repaired the fore-topsail, and fitted a new foresail and jib.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-09","events":[],"lat":-25.8833,"lon":52.3167,"fixed":true,"entry":"Saturday September the 9th 1865\nThis day comes in\nwith a strong breeze from W and thick\nweather, at 4 oclk P M wind from S W\nShip heading W. N. W under topsails\nEmployed at repairing [struck: Y S] studingsails\nAnd straping Blocks. Latt 25,,53. Long 52,,19,","wind":[["first","W","strong"],["first","SW",""]],"plain":"Strong breezes and thick weather; the crew repaired sails and stropped blocks.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-10","events":[],"lat":-25.9667,"lon":50.3833,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sun 10th\nThis day comences with light air from S. W. by S.\nShip heading W by S against a head sea which\nMakes her tumble around like fun. at 10 A m\nwind light but S steering W. by. S. at 12 A m\nwind light from E, at sundown hauled back\nto the S, where it remained during the day,\nLatt 25,,58. Long. 50,,23,,","wind":[["first","SW by S","light"],["middle","E","light"],["latter","S",""]],"weather":["heavy sea"],"plain":"Light winds and a head sea made the ship roll and tumble heavily as they sailed on.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Head sea tossed the ship around","quote":"Makes her tumble around like fun","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1865-09-11","events":[],"lat":-26.5167,"lon":48.95,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mon 11th\nThis day comes in pleasant with a breeze which\nbaffles from S. to S, E. set up main rigging\nAnd caulkid forecastle deck &c,\nwind varible during the day,\nLatt 26,,31 S\nLong 48,,57.","wind":[["first","S","moderate"],["whole","variable",""]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with shifting breezes as the crew tightened the main rigging and caulked the forecastle deck.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-12","events":[],"lat":-27.2833,"lon":46.5833,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tuesday September the 12th  1865\nThis day comes in with\nA strong bruge from E,S,E, ship sturing W. by. S.\nwith studing sails out on both sides. Employed\nIn setting up fore rigging and reaving new langards.\nwind E S E during the day. Lat [struck: 27. 17.] Long 46. 35. East","wind":[["first","ESE","strong"],["whole","ESE",""]],"plain":"Strong breezes blew as the ship steered west by south with studding sails set. The crew worked on tightening the fore rigging and fitting new lanyards.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-13","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"finback","count":null}],"lat":-28.45,"lon":43.6833,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 13th\nThis day comes in with nice pleasant weather\nModerate wind from. S,E, ship sturing W. t S.\nEmployed at setting up Starboard Fore rigging\nAt 4 P.M. had it finished saw a great number\nOf Fin Backs, Latt 28.. 27.\" S Long 43.. 41. East.","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"]],"plain":"Nice weather with a moderate southeast wind. The crew finished setting up the right-side foremast rigging and saw a large number of finback whales.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-14","events":[],"lat":-29.3333,"lon":40.45,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 14th\nThis day comes in with a strong bruge from SE.\nShip sturing W. with studing sails out both sides\nEmployed at setting up M. T. Gallant spring stay\nAnd reaving new running rigging, Lat. 29.. 20, S\nLong. 40.. 27. E.","wind":[["first","SE","strong"]],"plain":"The ship sailed west under a strong breeze with studding sails set, while the crew worked on rigging repairs.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-15","events":[],"lat":-30.4167,"lon":37.5,"fixed":true,"entry":"Friday September the 15th 1865\nThis day begins\nWith strong trades ship steering West-\nWith every sail out we can spread. [struck: bent]\nRepaired the Main Top mast-staysail\nBut did not bent it because she was rolling so.\nAt sundown Wind hauling into the North [struck: Lon 37..30]\nLatt 30..25","wind":[["first","","strong"],["middle","N",""]],"plain":"The ship sailed west under full sail before strong trade winds. The crew repaired the main topmast staysail but could not put it in place because the ship was rolling so heavily.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-16","events":[],"lat":-31.3333,"lon":35.05,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat 16th\nThis day strong winds from E. ship steering\nW. Under all sail. at daylight commenced\nto break out after hatch for Beef, Pork &\nMolasses, finished at 2, P.M. took in\nWaist boat and put her over head, took\nIn Bow Boat and turned her up over the\nTry Works, battened down the hatches and\ngot ready for a storm. Latt 31,, 20. [superscript: S] Long 35,, 03 [superscript: E]","wind":[["whole","E","strong"]],"plain":"The crew broke out provisions from the after hatch, then secured the waist and bow boats overhead and battened down the hatches to prepare for an incoming storm.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Prepared the ship for a storm","quote":"battened down the hatches and got ready for a storm","interest":1}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-17","events":[],"lat":-32.7667,"lon":32.75,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sun 17th\nThis day comes in with a strong breeze from\nN.E. by E. ship steering W under all sail.\nAt sundown a heavy bank came up in the West-\nHad a breeze from there about an hour then hauled\nto the south where it remained during the night\nVery light- at that- Latt 32.. 46.. Long 31. [illegible] West","wind":[["first","NE by E","strong"],["middle","W","moderate"],["latter","S","light"]],"plain":"The ship sailed west with every sail set with a strong breeze, which shifted to the south and died down overnight. No whales were seen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-18","events":[],"lat":-33.3167,"lon":30.45,"fixed":true,"entry":"Monday September the 18th 1865.\nThis day comes in with nice\npleasant weather light winds from W.N.W. ship by the wind\nHeading S.W. by W at - 7 O clock seft the main\nsail down for repairs. at - 3 Pm sent it up again\nAt - 3.20 Pm tacked ship and headed S by W. 1/2 W\nRepaired top mast studing sail Latt 33..19 Long 30..27 E","wind":[["first","WNW","light"]],"plain":"Nice, pleasant weather with light winds as the crew repaired the mainsail and topmast studdingsail.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-19","events":[],"lat":-33.2167,"lon":28.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tues 19th\nThis day comes with nice pleasant-weather Mod\nwinds from various points of the compass ship\nworking to westward at 12 O clock took the\nwind from S.S.W ship stering W. by N at -\nAt - 4 O clock took the wind S. by W let her come\nup W. by S. at - 3 Oclock raised a bark standing\nto the eastward but she tacked and steared\nthe course that we are stering at sunset she\nBore W.N.W. Latt 33\" 13 Long 28\" 45, East-","wind":[["first","variable","moderate"],["first","SSW",""],["first","S by W",""]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with moderate winds as the ship worked westward. In the afternoon, they sighted a bark heading east, which then turned to follow the same course.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-20","events":[],"lat":-34.15,"lon":25.65,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wednesday [struck: Sep] the 20.eth       1865.\nThis day comes in with thick\nRainy weather strong winds from E where it had\nbeen through the night but at 8 oclock A M it\nHauled into the W, at daylight three sails in\nsight-two bound to the W and one to the E,\nAt sundown had the wind W S W. standing\nto the N.W. sighted the East coast of Afrika\nHad it rainy through the day. at 9 Oclk\nRaised the light on Cape Recief, or Algoa\nBay. Revolving Light on Cape Recief","wind":[["first","E","strong"],["middle","W",""],["latter","WSW",""]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Thick, rainy weather with strong winds. At sundown they sighted the east coast of Africa, and by 9 p.m. spotted the revolving lighthouse on Cape Recife at Algoa Bay.","where":"near land","place":"Cape Recief"},{"date":"1865-09-21","events":[],"lat":-34.75,"lon":24.5,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 21rst This day comes in with moderate wind from\nS. ship stearing W.N.W. a number of merchant-\nships in sight. after noon Wind hauling to\nthe Eastward, at 10. PM, blowing a moderate\ngale from E, S, E, Latt 34..45 Long 24. 30.,","wind":[["first","S","moderate"],["middle","ESE","gale"]],"weather":["gale"],"plain":"The ship sailed west-northwest in moderate winds with several merchant ships in sight. By 10 p.m., a moderate gale was blowing from the east-southeast.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-22","events":[],"lat":-34.8333,"lon":20.8167,"fixed":true,"entry":"Fri 22nd\nThis day blowing a gale from S E thick and rainy\nBut we are carrying all sail throug it steering\nW.S.W. while the decks are flooded with water\nAnd, cold as bugery, passed merchant man bound\nW. but under short sail\nLatt 34. 50. Long 20 49\n[in left margin:]\nat 7. PM passed within\none mild of Lagullas light\nit is a fixed bright light and\ncan be seen a great distance","wind":[["whole","SE","gale"]],"weather":["gale","rain"],"plain":"A thick, rainy southeast gale flooded the decks, yet the ship pushed through carrying full sail in freezing cold. In the evening, they passed within a mile of the Cape Agulhas lighthouse and passed an outbound merchant vessel under reduced sail.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Freezing gale flooded the decks","quote":"while the decks are flooded with water And, cold as bugery","interest":1}],"where":"near land","place":"Lagullas light","at":"cape-agulhas"},{"date":"1865-09-23","events":[],"lat":-34.6667,"lon":16.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Saturday Sep the 23rd 1863\nGlory to Godland This day comes\nIn with a moderate gale from S.E. ship steering\nN.N.W at 6 Oclock A M kept-her off N.N.W. for St Helena\nOne sail in sight steering N.N.W. sent down main\nTop Gallant Sail to mend it-and while we were\ndoing it the water that came over the quarter\nFlooted the sail. Latt 34,, 40.S Long. 16,, 45. East.","wind":[["first","SE","gale"]],"weather":["gale"],"plain":"The ship steered for Saint Helena in a moderate southeast gale. While the crew took down the main topgallant sail to repair it, water washing over the deck flooded the sail.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Keeper called out \"Glory to Godland\"","quote":"Glory to Godland This day comes In with a moderate gale","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","via":[[16.85,-34.75]]},{"date":"1865-09-24","events":[],"lat":-32.7167,"lon":15.1667,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sun 24th\nThis day comes in with strong trades ship steering\nN.N.W. under all sail saw nothing of note\nDuring the day Latt 32,, 43.S Long 15,, 10. East.","wind":[["first","","strong"]],"plain":"The ship sailed north-northwest with every sail set with strong trade winds. Nothing noteworthy was seen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-25","events":[],"lat":-31.3111,"lon":14.1111,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 25th\nThis day comes in with thick cloudy weather\nmoderate wind from S.E. at 12 Oclock hauled\ninto the N.E. with a heavy squall which made us\ncome down to top sails from 1 [struck: Oclock] PM\nuntil dark had the wind round and round\nthe compass. I commence here at this period\nto write with a pencil as I have had some\ntrouble with the mate and have always used his\npen not wanting to trouble him for his, I took\nto the pencil.","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"],["middle","NE",""],["middle","variable",""]],"weather":["cloudy","squalls"],"plain":"Heavy squalls forced them to reduce sail as winds circled the compass. Having quarreled with the mate, the keeper switched to pencil rather than ask to borrow his pen.","moments":[{"kind":"crew","title":"Keeper switched to pencil after mate trouble","quote":"had some trouble with the mate and have always used his pen not wanting to trouble him","interest":3}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-26","events":[],"lat":-29.9056,"lon":13.0556,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday September the 26th 1865\nThis day comes in\nwith light barible winds. Men employed at\nvarious duties of the ship. at 12 Oclock\nA M, a sail reported from the mast\nHead [working?] to the North, light air\nthrough the day,","wind":[["first","variable","light"],["whole","","light"]],"plain":"The crew went about routine ship duties under light winds and sighted a ship heading north around midday.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-27","events":[],"lat":-28.5,"lon":12.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wednes 27th\nThis day comes in with light airs from N by W.\nShip heading N.E. men employed at rattling\nFore & main top mast rigging at 7 Oclock\nA M, signalized a large English ship\nAt [5, 30?], spoke him Latt 28.. 30 Long 12..00","wind":[["first","N by W","light"]],"plain":"The crew worked on rigging the masts. In the morning, they signaled a large English ship and met to speak with her later in the day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-28","events":[],"lat":-27.75,"lon":12.6167,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thur 28th\nThis day comes in with nice plesent weather\nLight air from N. by. W. ship heading into\nthe N.E. men employed at pickling rust\nOff the Fluke chanes and rattling down\nFore rigging, sent a boat on board a large\nEnglish ship (a new comer) from Bombay bound\nTo Dundee loaded with a substitute for\nCotton. Latt 27.. 45 Long 12.. 37","wind":[["first","N by W","light"]],"plain":"With light airs and pleasant weather, the crew scraped rust off the fluke chains and worked on the rigging. They sent a boat to board a large English ship arriving from Bombay bound for Dundee with a cotton substitute.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Boarded an English ship carrying a cotton substitute","quote":"loaded with a substitute for Cotton","interest":2}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-29","events":[],"lat":-26.6833,"lon":11.2833,"fixed":true,"entry":"Friday Sep the 29th 1865\nThis day comes in with a\nLight breeze from N. W. ship by the wind making\nslow headway men employed at ratling Fore\nRigging on Starboard side at 10 Oclock took the\nWind from S a nice breeze b- bent a lour\nStutcting Sail and main royal Stay Sail\nThe capt employed at makeing a main Sky Sail\nThe same two sails are in sight now one we are\nLeaving behind and comting up with the\nOther fast, pricked Flukechains &c [bracket] Lat 26,, 41. South\nLong 11,, 17 East,,","wind":[["first","NW","light"],["first","S","moderate"]],"plain":"With light breezes, the crew did rigging work while the captain worked on making a sail. Two other vessels were in sight, one falling behind and the other being overtaken.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-09-30","events":[],"lat":-24.75,"lon":9.1167,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat- 30th\nThis day comes in with nice trade winds. ship\nsteering N. N. W. with everything out even main\nSky Sail which we bent this after noon, men\nEmployed at picking rust off the Fluke Chain\nOthers ratling down fore top mast rigging the\nSame two sails in sight. Lat 24,, 45. Long. 09. 07 E","plain":"Fine trade winds carried the ship along under full sail. The crew chipped rust off the fluke chains and worked on the rigging while keeping two other vessels in sight.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-01","events":[],"lat":-23.6667,"lon":6.8,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sunday October the 1st - 1865\nThis day comes in with anice\npleasant weather light trade winds. ship steering\nNW by N 1/2 N. under main Sky Sail one of ships\nwe have put out of sight astern the other is astern\nas far as you can see, by morning she will be\nout of sight - Latt 23..40. S. Long 06..48 East,","wind":[["first","","light"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with light trade winds. The ship sailed ahead under its main skysail, leaving two other vessels far behind astern.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-02","events":[],"lat":-22.3167,"lon":5.2167,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mon 2nd\nThis day comes in with thick cloudy weather a nice\nBreeze ship under all sail steering NW by N 1/2 N.\nmen employed at painting fore and main mast\nPainted the white streak on the out side of\nthe Ship, Latt 22..19 South Long 5..13 East,\nThe ship that was astern last night is out of sight,","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"weather":["cloudy"],"plain":"Under full sail in cloudy weather, the crew painted the fore- and mainmasts as well as the ship's outside white streak. The ship seen astern the previous night was gone.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-03","events":[],"lat":-20.9,"lon":2.6,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tues 3d\nThis day light trades winds ship NW by N under\nAll sail, men engaged at painting and\nOther duties of the ship 20..54.. Long 2, 36","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"plain":"Light trade winds carried the ship along under full sail while the crew painted and carried out routine ship duties.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-04","events":[],"lat":-19.5333,"lon":0.0,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wednesday Oct the 4th 1865-\nThis day a nice breeze\nAll day ship steering NW by N men employed\nat painting mizzen mast, and other\nLittle jobs, Latt 19..32, and on the maridian","wind":[["whole","","moderate"]],"plain":"With a nice breeze all day, the ship continued sailing while the crew painted the mizzenmast and did other small jobs.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-05","events":[],"lat":-18.4,"lon":-1.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thur 5\nThis day comes in with moderate trades men\nsteering, N.W. by N men employed at setting\nUp mizzen rigging Latt 18th 24, Long 04. 45. West","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"plain":"The ship sailed under moderate trade winds while the crew set up the mizzen rigging. No whales were mentioned.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-06","events":[],"lat":-17.2,"lon":-3.7333,"fixed":true,"entry":"Frid 6th\nThis day comes in with a nice breeze, ship steering NW by N\nmen employed in staring down mizzen rigging, setting\nUp main Top Gallant backstays and caping the jib\nAnd Flying Juyes, saw two sails both steering to the\nN.W. nothing more of note. Latt 17..^S 12.. Long 03.. 44 West\n[drawing]","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"plain":"The crew spent the day working on the rigging and sails. They sighted two ships steering to the northwest, but nothing else of note occurred.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-07","events":[],"lat":-15.95,"lon":-5.85,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat 7th\nThis day comes in with pleasant weather moderate wind,\nAt 10. O clock A M raised the island of St-Helena 40 miles\nDist-at-4 Oclock PM got the cables up and bent them\nat sundown came to anchor in 30 fathoms of water\n9 1/2\nThe boat went on shore and remained untill gun fire","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"plain":"With pleasant weather and moderate winds, the crew sighted the island of St. Helena forty miles off. They prepared the anchor cables and anchored at sundown in thirty fathoms, sending a boat ashore until the evening gunfire.","where":"at anchor","place":"St-Helena","via":[[-5.85,-16.15]],"at":"saint-helena"},{"date":"1865-10-08","events":[],"lat":-15.95,"lon":-5.85,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday October the 8th 1865-\nThis day pliesant at daylight-\nsent the starboard watch on liberty at sundown\nA part of them returned others stoped the night-","plain":"In pleasant weather, half the crew was sent ashore on liberty at daylight. Only some returned by sundown, while others stayed ashore for the night.","where":"in port"},{"date":"1865-10-09","events":[],"lat":-15.95,"lon":-5.85,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 9th\nThis day pliesant all hands on board employed at-\nCarrying lumber and provisions on shore to sell at-\nAuction. after noon got a raft of water which is all\nwe want-","plain":"The crew spent the pleasant day carrying lumber and provisions ashore to sell at auction, and brought aboard a raft of fresh water in the afternoon.","moments":[{"kind":"people","title":"Provisions and lumber sent ashore for auction","quote":"Carrying lumber and provisions on shore to sell at- Auction","interest":3}],"where":"in port"},{"date":"1865-10-10","events":[],"lat":-15.95,"lon":-5.85,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tues 10th\nThis day rainy but at daylight got ready to go on\nshore the watch. on board employed at tarring\nDown main rigging","weather":["rain"],"plain":"On a rainy day, one watch prepared to go ashore, while the crew remaining on board tarred down the main rigging.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1865-10-11","events":[],"lat":-15.95,"lon":-5.85,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed. 11th\nAt- daylight the watch come of and we commence\nto heave short. at 8 Oclock A m triped our anchor\nAnd left the port of St- Helena with a strong\ntrade wind","wind":[["whole","","strong"]],"plain":"At daylight, the watch began hauling in the anchor cable. At eight in the morning, they tripped the anchor and left the port of St. Helena with a strong trade wind.","where":"near land","place":"St- Helena","at":"saint-helena"},{"date":"1865-10-12","events":[],"lat":-13.975,"lon":-8.1916,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday October the 12th 1865\nThis day comes in with thick\ncloudy weather ship steering S.N.W with a nice breeze\nEmployed at breaking out after hatch and taking\nDown fore rigging","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"weather":["cloudy"],"plain":"They steered north-northwest in a good breeze, opened the after hatch, and tarred the fore rigging.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-13","events":[],"lat":-12.0,"lon":-10.5333,"fixed":true,"entry":"Fri 13th\nThis day comes in with thick overcast weather a nice\nBreeze ship steering S.N.W. men employed at\nPicking the rust of the starboard cable Latt 12,,00 S\nLong 10.32","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"weather":["cloudy"],"plain":"Thick overcast weather with a nice breeze as the crew chipped rust off the right-side anchor cable.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-14","events":[],"lat":-10.45,"lon":-12.5833,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat 14\nThis day commences with thick weather and\nfrequent showers of rain a nice breeze ship\nsteering N.N.W. at daylight saw a larg ship astern\nAt 7 A M she came up and spoke us the ship\nHigh Flyer of London bound to London\nEmployed at picking starboard cable Latt 10,,27\nLong 12,,33.","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Thick weather with frequent rain showers. In the morning, they met and spoke with the ship High Flyer of London, which was bound for London. The crew spent the day working on the anchor cable.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"High Flyer","rig":"ship","port":"London","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.visit-a"},{"date":"1865-10-15","events":[],"lat":-8.05,"lon":-14.35,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sun 15th\nThis day pleasant moderate wind ship steering\nN.N.W. employed at reading it being the first\nDay since we left port that we had a time\nto breathe at 5.30 P m sighted the island of\nAssention bearing N.E. Dist - 35 miles","wind":[["whole","","moderate"]],"plain":"With pleasant weather and moderate winds, the crew spent the day reading—the first time they had a moment \"to breathe\" since leaving port. Later that afternoon, they sighted the island of Assention.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Crew got their first breathing room","quote":"the first Day since we left port that we had a time to breathe","interest":1}],"where":"near land","place":"Assention","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1865-10-16","events":[],"lat":-7.75,"lon":-15.9667,"fixed":true,"entry":"Monday Oct The 16th 1865.\nThis day nice pleasant\nWeather moderate trades, ship steering N.N.W.\nAt daylight commenced to pick the starboard\nChain, at 5 PM finished it one sail in\nsight steering N.N.W. Latt 7..4.S Long. 15..5.W.","wind":[["whole","","moderate"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with moderate trade winds. The crew worked on the right-side anchor chain, and another ship was seen in the distance.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-17","events":[],"lat":-5.5833,"lon":-17.6833,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tues 17\nThis day comes in with pleasant weather\nstrong trades, ship course N.N.W employed\nAt picking port cable oiled the starboard one\nAnd put it below, one sail in sight steering\nN.N.W. Latt 5..35.S Long 17..4.W West.","wind":[["first","","strong"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with strong trade winds. The crew worked on the anchor cables and sighted another ship in the distance.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-18","events":[],"lat":-4.1,"lon":-19.75,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wednes 18th\nThis day comes in with a strong breeze from\nthe S.E. ship steering N.N.W. employed at\npicking the port cable at 4 PM finished it\nAnd put it below Latt. 04..06S Long. 19..45 W.","wind":[["first","SE","strong"]],"plain":"Strong breezes blew from the southeast as the ship steered north-northwest. The crew worked on the port anchor cable, finishing by late afternoon and stowing it below.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-19","events":[],"lat":-2.3667,"lon":-21.6833,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thursday Oct- the 19th [blank space] 18.65,\nComes in with moderate\nWind Trades. ships course N.N.W. men employed\nAt painting dead [illegible] bulls Eyes. painted both\nAnchors and Various other duties Lat 02,,22 N\nLong, 21,,41 West,","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"plain":"Sailing under moderate trade winds, the crew spent the day painting skylight bullseyes, both anchors, and doing other ship's chores.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-20","events":[],"lat":-0.85,"lon":-23.25,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid 20th\nThis day comes in with nice pleasant weather moderate\nTrades winds ship stiering N.N.W got the spare prons up\nScraped and painted them and various othr little\nthings, at 11,,30, A.M. raised a sail standing to the\nSouth,","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"plain":"Fine weather with moderate trade winds. The crew scraped and painted spare spars, and sighted a ship heading south.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-21","events":[],"lat":0.6667,"lon":-24.8167,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat- 21th this day comes in with Moderate trade\nWinds, ship stiering N.N.W, employed\nAt picking iron rust off about the ship\nAnd painting Latt 00,,40.N Long 24,,49,","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"plain":"Fine weather with moderate trade winds; the crew spent the day chipping rust and painting.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-22","events":[],"lat":2.3333,"lon":-26.4167,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday October the 22 [superscript: nd] 1865.\nThis day comes in\nWith thick cloudy weather Moderate\nTrades ship steering N.N.W. at 10. Oclock\nAM raised two sails on weather bow\nthought they were whaleing luffed up\nfor them but when we got close to them\nFound them to be merchant-men, both of\nthem had been laying aback from the time\nWe raised untill we got to them\n[struck: For] no Latt, or Longitude this day.","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"weather":["cloudy"],"plain":"Under moderate trade winds, the crew spotted two ships and steered toward them thinking they were whaling, but found they were merchant vessels waiting with their sails turned aback.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-23","events":[],"lat":4.0,"lon":-28.0167,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 23 [superscript: 0]\nThis day comes in with thick cloudy weather.\nAt daylight lost the trade winds got no\nLatt, or Longitude but supposed we was\nIn Lattitude 04,00 N afir noon had the\nWinds S.E. where it remained all day\nBut very light-","wind":[["middle","SE","light"]],"weather":["cloudy"],"plain":"Thick cloudy weather with very light winds after losing the trade winds at daylight. No whales were seen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-24","events":[],"lat":5.1667,"lon":-29.6167,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tuesday October the 24th. 1865\nThis day comes in\nwith thick cloudy weather light wind from\nS.W. ship steering N.N.W. men employed at-\nwashing paint work Latt 05..10 S Long 29..57 W.\n\nWed 24th\nThis day comes in with thick rainy\nWeather wind from S.E. steering N.N.W.","wind":[["first","SW","light"]],"weather":["cloudy"],"plain":"Thick, cloudy, and rainy weather with light winds. The crew was set to washing paint work.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-25","events":[],"lat":7.75,"lon":-29.8833,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thur 25th\nThis day nice pleasant weather took the\nS.E. trades and steered N.W men employed\nat the various duties of the ship [overlapping: Latt 7..45 / Long 29..53.]","wind":[["whole","SE",""]],"plain":"Pleasant weather as the ship caught the southeast trade winds and the crew attended to routine shipboard duties.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-26","events":[],"lat":8.4,"lon":-31.85,"fixed":true,"entry":"Frid 26th\nThis day comes in with rainy weather light-\nwinds from the Eastward but varifing.\nShips steering N.W.by W. Latt. 08..24 Long 31..51","wind":[["first","E","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Routine sailing in rainy weather and light, shifting winds. No whales seen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-27","events":[],"lat":9.35,"lon":-32.9167,"fixed":true,"entry":"Saturday October the 27th 1865-\nThis day comes in with\nthick cloudy weather light-wind from South\nShip steering N.W.by. N, employed at washing\nPaint-work and getting ready to paint ship\nAfter noon winds hauled to the S.E. Latt. 09.. 21 N\nLong 32.. 50.","wind":[["first","S","light"],["latter","SE",""]],"weather":["cloudy"],"plain":"Thick, cloudy weather with light winds. The crew spent the day washing paintwork and preparing to paint the ship.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-28","events":[],"lat":10.75,"lon":-33.9667,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sun 28th\nThis day took what we call S.E Trades\nNice plesant-weather ship steering\nN.W under all sail, Latt 10,, 45. Long 33,, 58","wind":[["whole","SE",""]],"plain":"Fine, pleasant weather as the ship caught the southeast trade winds and sailed northwest with every sail set.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-29","events":[],"lat":11.75,"lon":-36.05,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mon 29\nThis day nice plesant weather moderate\nS.E, trades ship steering N. W, employed at-\nwashing ship Latt 11,, 45,, Long, 36,, 03 West-","wind":[["whole","SE","moderate"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with moderate trade winds as the crew washed the ship.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-30","events":[],"lat":12.55,"lon":-39.0667,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tues 30th\nThis day come in plesant-nice trades\nShip steering N W by W. men employed at painting\nLatt 12,, 33\nLong 39,, 04.","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"plain":"Fine weather with pleasant trade winds as the crew painted ship. No whales were reported.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-10-31","events":[],"lat":14.0,"lon":-40.95,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 31st-\nThis day plesant moderate trades steering\nN.W.by W, employed at painting about-the poop\nLatt, 14,, 00\nLong 40.. 57","wind":[["whole","","moderate"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with moderate trade winds as the ship steered northwest by west. The crew spent the day painting around the poop deck.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-11-01","events":[],"lat":14.85,"lon":-44.0833,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thursday November the 1st 1865\nThis day comes in with light trades and\npleasent weather ship steering NW by W\nEmployed at painting ship [illegible] the english\nAt night had one side done Latt 14,,51\nLong 44,,05","wind":[["first","","light"]],"plain":"Fine weather with light trade winds as the crew painted the ship, finishing one side by nightfall.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-11-02","events":[],"lat":15.6333,"lon":-46.1167,"fixed":true,"entry":"Frid 2nd\nThis day comes in with nice pleasant\nweather and light trades ship steering NW by W\nmen employed at painting at sun down\nhad her finished Latt 15,,35 Long 45,,01","wind":[["first","","light"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with light trade winds as the ship steered northwest by west. The crew spent the day painting and finished by sundown.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-11-03","events":[],"lat":16.3,"lon":-47.8667,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat 3\nThis day morderate trades ship steering\nW by W employed at painting Lat 16,,18 Long 47,,52","wind":[["whole","","moderate"]],"plain":"Moderate trade winds as the ship sailed along; the crew spent the day painting.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-11-04","events":[],"lat":17.3667,"lon":-49.8167,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sun 4th\nThis day light trades and pleasant\nship steering NW by W passed lots of\nGulf weed Latt 17,,22 Long 49,,49 [illegible]","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with light trade winds as the ship sailed northwest by west through patches of gulfweed.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-11-05","events":[],"lat":17.0833,"lon":-51.3667,"fixed":true,"entry":"Monday Nov the 5th 1865\nThis day comes in with\nLight varible winds. steering N W when\nshe will go it, employed at painting\nin spots arround, at sundown had\nA heavy squall from the N Which\nmade us take in everything\nLatt 17,,5\nLong 51,,22","wind":[["first","variable","light"],["first","N",""]],"weather":["squalls"],"plain":"The crew painted spots around the ship in light, shifting winds. At sundown, a heavy squall from the north forced them to take in all sail.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-11-06","events":[],"lat":17.0833,"lon":-51.3667,"fixed":true},{"date":"1865-11-07","events":[],"lat":18.6,"lon":-52.5167,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tues 7\nThis day Light airs and calms men\nEmployed at repairing the Spanker\nSaw A sail steering for the West-\nIndias Latt 18,,36 Long 52,,31 West","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"Light winds and calms. The crew repaired the spanker sail and sighted a ship heading toward the West Indies.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-11-08","events":[],"lat":19.4167,"lon":-52.95,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 8\nThis day Light varible airs and often calm\nShip steering S. W. saw two sails steering\nS.W. Latt 19..25. Long 52,,57 west-","wind":[["whole","variable","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"They steered northwest and saw two sails heading southwest.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-11-09","events":[],"lat":19.8,"lon":-53.2333,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 9th\nThis day Light-airs and calm heading in\nthe N W Employed at repairing Fore & main\nTop Gallant-Sails and Fore top sail\nLatt 19..48 Long 53..14","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"Light winds and calms slowed the ship while heading northwest. The crew spent the day repairing sails.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-11-10","events":[],"lat":20.2667,"lon":-54.55,"fixed":true,"entry":"Friday November the 10th 1865\nPleasant and\nA nice breeze from S.E. ship steering\nN.W. 1/2 N Latt 20..16 Long 54..33. West-","wind":[["whole","SE","moderate"]],"plain":"Fine weather with a nice breeze from the southeast; routine sailing with no whales seen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-11-11","events":[],"lat":22.4167,"lon":-56.2667,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sat- 11th\nThis day nice breeze from E. ship steering\nN.W. 1/2 N. employed ar repairing Main Royal\nstay sail where I split it last night\nSo ends. Latt 22..25. Long 56..16.","wind":[["whole","E","moderate"]],"plain":"With a nice easterly breeze, the crew repaired the main royal staysail that split the previous night.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-11-12","events":[],"lat":22.7333,"lon":-57.3,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sun 12th\nA nice pleasant day strong breeze from\nS.E. ship steering N.W. Latt 22..44 Long 57..18","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"plain":"Pleasant weather with a strong breeze; routine sailing with no whales seen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-11-13","events":[],"lat":24.0833,"lon":-58.7333,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mon 13th\nThis day strong breeze from S.E. ship steering\nN.W took in the Bow Boat and put her over\nHead saw one sail standing to the S.W.\nSo ends this day Latt 24..05 Long 58..44","wind":[["whole","SE","strong"]],"plain":"The crew brought the bow boat inboard and stowed it overhead. They sighted another ship sailing to the southwest.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-11-14","events":[],"lat":25.0667,"lon":-60.5667,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tuesday November the 14th 1865\nThis day moderate\nBreeze from SE ship steering NW 1/2 N saw\nA sail steering to the leatward, broke out\nFor flour & water Latt 25..04. Long 60..34","wind":[["whole","SE","moderate"]],"plain":"They had moderate breezes from the southeast while heading northwest by north, spotted another ship sailing downwind, and broke out flour and water.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-11-15","events":[],"lat":25.7333,"lon":-61.55,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 15th\nThis day light-breeze from S.E. ship steering NW\nby N, shooked the water cask and stowed them\nAway, took in the waist-boat and put her\nOver the tryworks, saw two sails one bound\nS.W. the other S.E. Latt 25..44. Long 61..33 W","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"Light breezes blew as the ship steered northwest by north. The crew broke down empty water casks to stow away and placed the waist-boat over the furnace, sighting two other ships in the distance.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-11-16","events":[],"lat":26.85,"lon":-62.3333,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thurs 16th\nThis day light-breeze from S.W. steering N.W. by N.\nAfternoon light breeze and calms, saw a sail\nAnd boarded her she proved to be the American\nBrig Sea Lion, nine days from Norfolk bound\nTo Barbadoes loaded with stave Latt 26..51\nLong 62..20","wind":[["first","SW","light"],["middle","","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"Under light breezes and calms, the crew sighted a ship and went aboard. She was the American brig Sea Lion, carrying staves from Norfolk to Barbados.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Sea Lion","rig":"brig","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.visit-b"},{"date":"1865-11-17","events":[],"lat":27.8333,"lon":-63.4333,"fixed":true,"entry":"Friday November the 17th 1865\nThis day light breeze from\nS, E. ship steering N. W. by N. employed at picking\nChain Cable and other little jobs of the ship\nNothing more worthy of note, Latt 27,, 50 Long 68.. 26.","wind":[["whole","SE","light"]],"plain":"Light breezes blew as the crew cleaned the anchor chain and took care of other small chores around the ship.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-11-18","events":[],"lat":29.95,"lon":-65.4,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat- 18th\nComes in with a strong breeze from S, E ship\nsteering N. W by N. men employed at various duties\noff the ship, Latt 29.. 57.. No Longitude","wind":[["first","SE","strong"]],"plain":"The ship sailed northwest under a strong breeze while the crew worked at routine duties aboard.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-11-19","events":[],"lat":32.0,"lon":-67.3667,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sun 19th\nThis day comes in with light showers of rain\nHad the wind S, S, E, ship steering N W by N.\nAfter noon clear weather wind S S E steering\nN. W. saw a fore & ast Schooner standing\nInto the Estward, Latt 32. 00 Long 67,, 22 West-","wind":[["first","SSE",""],["middle","SSE",""]],"weather":["rain","clear"],"plain":"The day brought light rain showers before clearing in the afternoon. They sighted a fore-and-aft schooner heading eastward.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-11-20","events":[],"lat":36.0833,"lon":-68.8,"fixed":true,"entry":"Mon 20th\nThis day begins with moderate wind from S E steering\nN W by W employed at cleaning forks &c. at 2 A m\nwind hauled into the S at 5 A m had the wind S. W.\nAt 6 A m hauled back to the south where it remained\nAll night the blow strong, saw a schooner working to\n[struck: E] Eastward Latt 36. 05.. Long 68.. 48\nHad heavy squall last night in the Gulf","wind":[["first","SE","moderate"],["middle","S",""],["middle","SW",""],["middle","S","strong"]],"weather":["squalls"],"plain":"The crew cleaned blubber forks and other gear. After enduring a heavy squall in the Gulf Stream during the night, strong winds continued, and they sighted a schooner beating eastward.","where":"at sea","place":"Gulf Stream"},{"date":"1865-11-21","events":[],"lat":35.1,"lon":-70.4167,"fixed":true,"entry":"Tuesday November the 21st- 1865-\nThis day comes in\nthick and cloudy had a strong breeze from\nthe. S. ship stering N.W. b N. under all sail\nAt daylight commensed to nock the\nTry works down and nocked off standing\nMast-Heads, at-8 Oclock blowing a gale\nDouble reefed fore topsail single Main\nSau a ship steering S b E at sun down\nmoderating down, Latt 35,,06 Long 70,,25.W","wind":[["first","S","strong"],["middle","","gale"],["latter","","moderate"]],"weather":["cloudy","gale"],"plain":"The crew began taking down the blubber-boiling furnace and stopped keeping masthead lookouts as the voyage neared its end. A gale blew up by 8:00, forcing them to reduce sail.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-b"},{"date":"1865-11-22","events":[],"lat":36.9667,"lon":-70.9167,"fixed":true,"entry":"Wed 22\nThis day comes in with heavy squally weather\nWind from Westward barking from W to NW\nSent down cutting pendants. Guy blocks\nAnd mast head hoops. found tuo\nshrouds cut off by the cutting pendants\n[illegible] Latt 36.58, Long 70,,55,W.","wind":[["first","W",""]],"weather":["squalls"],"plain":"Amid heavy, squally weather, the crew took down the cutting gear and discovered that two rigging shrouds had been severed by the cutting pendants.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Rigging shrouds cut through by gear","quote":"found tuo shrouds cut off by the cutting pendants","interest":3}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-11-23","events":[],"lat":38.6333,"lon":-70.9167,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday November the 23d   1865\nThis day comes in\nWith light wind hauling from W. to N.N.W.\nShip [struck: by] the wind standing in shore (SE)\nMen employed at leaning the cooler, at\nSun doun a calm and every appearance\nOf a change of wind, one sail in sight\nsteering in shore. Latt. 38..38. [no long]","wind":[["first","W","light"],["middle","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"The ship headed toward shore under light winds while the crew cleaned the cooler. By sunset the wind dropped to a calm with signs of a shift, and another vessel was seen heading toward the coast.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1865-11-24","events":[],"lat":38.6333,"lon":-70.9167,"fixed":false,"entry":"Frid 24th\nThis day comes in with a heavy gale from\nS.E. At daylight close reefed the topsails\nAnd furled the mainsail and jib\nAt sundoun sounded and got 36\nFathoms of water, thick and rainy","wind":[["first","SE","gale"]],"weather":["gale","rain"],"plain":"A heavy gale blew from the northeast.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1865-11-25","events":[],"lat":38.6333,"lon":-70.9167,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sat- 25-\nThis day blowing a gale from SE, ship\nunder closereefs standing in shore\nAt daylight sounded and got 45 fathoms\nAt 4 oclock PM sounded again and\nGot 38 F. Thick and foggy all day\nAt sundown made mainsail and jib","wind":[["whole","SE","gale"]],"weather":["gale","fog"],"plain":"The northeast gale continued.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1865-11-26","events":[],"lat":38.6333,"lon":-70.9167,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday November the 26th 1865-\nThis day comes in\nWith moderate Wind from N Ship\nStanding along the shore heading NEbE\nAt-12 AM sounded but got no bottom\nTacked Ship stood in shore heading\nFrom WN-WbW, at-3.35 PM sounded\nAnd got-39 fathoms, thick and cloudy\nLost two sails standing to Westward","wind":[["first","N","moderate"]],"weather":["cloudy"],"plain":"They saw two sails standing westward.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1865-11-27","events":[],"lat":38.6333,"lon":-70.9167,"fixed":false,"entry":"Mon 27th\nThis day comes in with pleasant weather\nA nice breeze from SW, sturing, SE. saw a\nNumber of sails also a steamer sturing, SE.","wind":[["first","SW","moderate"]],"plain":"The ship stood off and on near New York. A steamer passed to the northeast.","where":"at sea"}],"plates":{"gam.spoke":"Spoke a ship","life.keeper":"The log","work.stowing":"Stowing down","work.trying":"Trying out","nature.porpoises":"Porpoises","caught.sperm":"A sperm whale taken","work.cutting":"Cutting in","chase.right":"After right whales","life.letters":"Letters from home","chase.sperm":"After sperm whales","gam.visit":"A gam"}}