On this day: October 25

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on October 25, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1852 · Fortune: Discharged the second mate and took sick men.
2. 1832 · George Porter: Caught a whale.
3. 1843 · Jefferson: Caught a right whale.
4. 1863 · Brewster: Gifted a Bible by Captain Beebe.
5. 1866 · Abraham Barker: Caught 3 pilot whales.
6. 1832 · Bengal: Keeper lamented lack of success.
7. 1834 · Parker: Crew and passengers grew thoroughly discontented.
8. 1848 · Nimrod: Admired the boats skimming the water.
9. 1848 · Nimrod: Swallows and white millers flew aboard.
10. 1850 · Fortune: Green hands struggled with seasickness.
11. 1850 · Fortune: Steward and new hands suffered from illness.
12. 1905 · Karluk: Sled returned with deer meat.
13. 1831 · Parker: Saw porpoises.
14. 1832 · Bengal: Saw fouls.
15. 1848 · Nimrod: Saw plenty of porpoises.
16. 1848 · Nimrod: Observed birds of several kinds.

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