On this day: August 28

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on August 28, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1847 · Draco: Keeper prayed for a safe, prosperous voyage.
2. 1893 · Beluga: Caught a bowhead whale.
3. 1862 · Mary: Saw heavy breakers on Louisa Shoal.
4. 1878 · E. H. Hatfield: Saw dolphin.

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