On this day: April 30

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on April 30, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1851 · Fortune: Brown released from irons.
2. 1842 · Rowena: Took on three shipwrecked men.
3. 1852 · Fortune: Doctor summoned for the sick captain.
4. 1852 · Pacific: Ran the ship into whales.
5. 1878 · E. H. Hatfield: Traded whale oil for provisions.
6. 1905 · Karluk: Crewman punished for swearing about food.
7. 1834 · Bengal: Keeper noted nothing worth talking about.
8. 1842 · Rowena: Discharged George.
9. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Sighted three junks.
10. 1851 · Pacific: Crews speared basking sharks.
11. 1864 · Brewster: Boats raced and scared off whales.
12. 1906 · Karluk: Crew dug a trench around the ship.
13. 1826 · Rosalie: Caught plenty of fish.
14. 1848 · Dunbarton: Saw a quantity of flying fish.
15. 1904 · Karluk: Caught 700 fish.

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