On this day: April 14
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on April 14, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1826 · Rosalie: Scouted ashore for provisions and anchorage.
- 1833 · Bengal: Gordon failed to return from liberty.
- 1878 · E. H. Hatfield: Went to church on Sunday.
- 1905 · Karluk: Mr. Clark brought fifty-four saddles of meat.
- 1850 · Draco: Keeper lamented catching only one whale.
- 1863 · Mary: Two men reported sick.
- 1864 · Brewster: Banda volcano in sight.
- 1905 · Karluk: Got two loads of ice.