On this day: April 27

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on April 27, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1828 · Galatea: Waist boat stove in during gale.
2. 1845 · Indian Chief: Whale boat stove during hunt.
3. 1831 · George Porter: Caught 3 sperm whales.
4. 1849 · Nimrod: Socialized on shore and hosted visitors.
5. 1876 · Golden City: Whale smashed the larboard boat.
6. 1865 · Mary: Caught a whale.
7. 1865 · Mary: Caught a sperm whale.
8. 1833 · Bengal: Rain poured down in calabashes.
9. 1865 · Mary: Weathered a severe gale.
10. 1852 · Elizabeth: Boiled out blackfish (pilot whales).
11. 1893 · Beluga: Ship in close ice and fast in ice.
12. 1904 · Karluk: Went fishing and caught about 50.

April 26 · April 28

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