On this day: April 1

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on April 1, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1832 · Bengal: Ship leaked heavily in rough seas.
2. 1847 · Dunbarton: Starboard boat smashed in the storm.
3. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Two new crewmen shipped aboard.
4. 1832 · Parker: Caught 4 whales.
5. 1834 · Bengal: Met marooned sealers with 1,700 skins.
6. 1848 · Draco: Caught a whale.
7. 1827 · Rosalie: Gave up hope of reaching port.
8. 1833 · Parker: Steered for Hawaii due to lack of whales.
9. 1833 · Bengal: Keeper noted a new pen wrote better.
10. 1834 · Bengal: Botton injured his foot on shore.
11. 1847 · Dunbarton: Severe gale battered the ship.
12. 1853 · Active: Current drifted ship toward land.
13. 1870 · Abraham Barker: Keeper grumbled about unnecessary sail shortening.
14. 1877 · E. H. Hatfield: Crew caught a porpoise.
15. 1905 · Karluk: Freezing cold at eight below zero.
16. 1833 · Bengal: Observed birds.

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