On this day: August 26

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on August 26, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1851 · Fortune: Crewman flogged for threatening to stab captain.
2. 1844 · Charles Phelps: Mr. Ham fell ill with fever and ague.
3. 1852 · Fortune: Canoes visited from shore.
4. 1861 · Jireh Perry: Went ashore to trade at Rorotonga.
5. 1906 · Karluk: Four crew members sent for hospital treatment.
6. 1835 · Addison: Boats returned loaded with vegetation.
7. 1851 · Pacific: Caught a sperm whale.
8. 1853 · Fortune: Caught a whale.
9. 1862 · Jireh Perry: Searched island for provisions without success.
10. 1878 · E. H. Hatfield: Caught a pilot whale.
11. 1893 · Beluga: Caught a bowhead whale.
12. 1906 · Karluk: A marshal boarded and removed a man.
13. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Saw flocks of birds and greenish water.
14. 1844 · Draco: Keeper wished for whales.
15. 1849 · Mary and Susan: John Collins off duty sick.
16. 1862 · Jireh Perry: Saw birds on the island.

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