On this day: August 16
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on August 16, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1832 · Bengal: Captain summoned ashore for breaking port laws.
- 1846 · Charles Phelps: Crew went ashore to church.
- 1853 · Active: Sighted several proas near Flores.
- 1822 · Packet: Observed green water.
- 1833 · Bengal: Crew warned of a New England hug.
- 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Crew returned exhausted from chasing a whale.
- 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Keeper signed off with playful remark.
- 1862 · Hopeton: Saw killer whales and a turtle.
- 1827 · Galatea: Saw a gannet or booby.
- 1849 · Abigail: Saw jumpers (probably leaping dolphins).