On this day: August 18

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on August 18, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1832 · Parker: Whale boat capsized during the chase.
2. 1846 · Charles Phelps: Captain Baker died of pulmonary disease.
3. 1893 · Beluga: Main steam pipe blew out.
4. 1833 · Bengal: Crew went swimming and jumped from the jib.
5. 1834 · Bengal: Squall cracked the jib boom.
6. 1837 · Addison: Large whale lost to a bad line.
7. 1845 · Charles Phelps: Boats lost their ship in thick fog.
8. 1853 · Active: Visited the Dutch settlement at Bima.
9. 1865 · Brewster: Burying a shipmate at sea.
10. 1865 · Brewster: Buried a shipmate at sea.
11. 1866 · Abraham Barker: Heavy storm with thunder and lightning.
12. 1832 · Parker: Caught 2 sperm whales.
13. 1832 · Bengal: Caught 2 pilot whales.
14. 1853 · Fortune: Caught a whale.
15. 1853 · Elizabeth: Caught a sperm whale.
16. 1846 · Charles Phelps: Mr Swift discharged by mutual consent.

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