On this day: April 2
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on April 2, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1848 · Abigail: Boat crane lost overboard.
- 1853 · Active: Island natives visited the ship.
- 1861 · Jireh Perry: Two crewmen flogged for fighting on duty.
- 1849 · Abigail: Deck covered with islanders.
- 1852 · Pacific: Saw a fire thought to be a volcano on Hawaiʻi.
- 1854 · Active: Crew member caught after being ashore.
- 1827 · Rosalie: Went ashore but found the leader gone.
- 1832 · Bengal: Crew repaired storm damage.
- 1833 · Bengal: Heavy thunder and lightning near Nukuhiva.
- 1853 · Lark: Caught 2 sperm whales.
- 1870 · Abraham Barker: Ship took on water in rough seas.
- 1905 · Karluk: Crew played ball all day.
- 1834 · Parker: Caught 2 sperm whales.
- 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Log keeper disappointed by no letters.
- 1845 · Charles Phelps: Caught a whale.
- 1851 · Pacific: Recruited three Portuguese men.
- 1868 · Abraham Barker: Caught a whale.
- 1833 · Parker: Keeper reflected on divine will.
- 1834 · Parker: Sighted and described Malden Island.
- 1834 · Bengal: Exhausting 16-mile row for four tortoises.
- 1906 · Karluk: Temperatures dropped to twenty below zero.
- 1834 · Bengal: Gathered four terrapin.
- 1848 · Abigail: Saw porpoises.