On this day: April 4
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on April 4, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1833 · Bengal: Naked islanders boarded the ship.
- 1827 · Rosalie: Rudder jammed and distress colors flown.
- 1834 · Parker: Caught 6 sperm whales.
- 1847 · Draco: The two youngest children fell sick.
- 1906 · Karluk: Doctor refused to return aboard.
- 1823 · Packet: Took aboard a man working passage home.
- 1825 · Victory: Caught a whale.
- 1846 · Draco: Keeper lamented being homesick.
- 1847 · Draco: Mrs. Robinson hoped to sleep ashore soon.
- 1850 · Abigail: Caught a whale.
- 1868 · Abraham Barker: Caught 2 whales.
- 1823 · Packet: Alfred Blankenship joined the ship.
- 1834 · Bengal: Thousands of green turtles seen and caught.
- 1870 · Abraham Barker: Crew harpooned a porpoise.