On this day: April 15

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on April 15, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1833 · Bengal: Crewmen jumped boat and deserted ashore.
2. 1833 · Bengal: Traded with natives for bananas.
3. 1833 · Bengal: Three men deserted the ship.
4. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Lookout beaten for sleeping on watch.
5. 1870 · Abraham Barker: Bobstay was carried away.
6. 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a pilot whale.
7. 1849 · Draco: Keeper prayed for oil and lamented homesickness.
8. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Caught a whale.
9. 1865 · Brewster: Caught a whale.
10. 1868 · Abraham Barker: Caught a whale.
11. 1833 · Bengal: Shipped three Kanakas and one Englishman.
12. 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Caught three ocean sunfish.
13. 1848 · Dunbarton: Spotted boobies.
14. 1878 · E. H. Hatfield: Brought two goats aboard.

April 14 · April 16

Whaling Logs · All voyages · About