On this day: August 12

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on August 12, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1865 · Brewster: Carpenter from nearby Dutch bark drowned.
2. 1832 · Bengal: Crew caused trouble returning from liberty.
3. 1867 · Abraham Barker: Gave a pig to a visiting captain.
4. 1844 · Rowena: Caught a whale.
5. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Caught a whale.
6. 1854 · Elizabeth: Caught 2 whales.
7. 1834 · Parker: The keeper reflected on Providence.
8. 1852 · Fortune: One invalid reported.
9. 1852 · Pacific: Keeper fell sick with jaw pain.
10. 1852 · Pacific: Keeper sick with jaw trouble.
11. 1862 · Hopeton: Saw flying squid during squally weather.
12. 1905 · Karluk: Pushed through the ice toward Banks Land.
13. 1834 · Bengal: Saw porpoises.
14. 1878 · E. H. Hatfield: Saw porpoises.

August 11 · August 13

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