On this day: April 19

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on April 19, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Altercation with a crewman named Joe.
2. 1851 · Fortune: Recruited two men and a harpooner.
3. 1834 · Bengal: Scorpions, centipedes, and wild hogs ashore.
4. 1848 · Draco: Keeper prayed for whales.
5. 1853 · Fortune: Sick crew members showed no improvement.
6. 1848 · Dunbarton: Returned to the northern hemisphere.
7. 1864 · Brewster: Crew returned from shore all sober.
8. 1893 · Beluga: Encountered an ice floe.
9. 1834 · Bengal: Caught two sharks.
10. 1883 · Pedro Varela: Caught two fish.
11. 1906 · Karluk: Got one load of ice.

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