On this day: April 26

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on April 26, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1849 · Abigail: Crewman Walters fell overboard and drowned.
2. 1843 · Jefferson: Heavy gale began with thunder and lightning.
3. 1846 · Charles Phelps: Whale smashed two boats and injured mate.
4. 1849 · Nimrod: Went ashore to visit American women in Lahaina.
5. 1851 · Fortune: New crewman persistently sick.
6. 1834 · Parker: Caught a whale.
7. 1846 · Draco: Keeper lamented the weather and prayed.
8. 1833 · Bengal: Crew members unwell.
9. 1834 · Bengal: Violent thunderstorm near islands.
10. 1844 · Rowena: Squalls of snow and hail.
11. 1854 · Active: Sighted seven junks off Japan.
12. 1852 · Elizabeth: Cutting up blackfish (pilot whales) blubber.

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