On this day: August 19

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on August 19, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1861 · Mary: Three crewmen deserted at Flores.
2. 1865 · Brewster: Crewman died of cholera morbus.
3. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Sent letters home on passing brig.
4. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Captain reprimanded second mate before the crew.
5. 1893 · Beluga: Captain Whiteside badly injured in fall.
6. 1834 · Bengal: Caught a whale.
7. 1853 · Fortune: Caught 2 whales.
8. 1846 · Charles Phelps: Three men joined the ship.
9. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Second Officer had altercation with Irishman.
10. 1851 · Pacific: Neptune ignored the ship crossing the equator.
11. 1852 · Pacific: Frequent snow squalls struck.
12. 1832 · Bengal: Saw porpoises.

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