On this day: August 30

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on August 30, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1847 · Draco: Picked up floating jib boom.
2. 1905 · Karluk: Found the schooner Rozera shipwrecked.
3. 1827 · Rosalie: Caught a whale.
4. 1853 · Fortune: Caught a whale.
5. 1862 · Mary: Caught a sperm whale.
6. 1876 · Golden City: Caught a whale.
7. 1832 · Bengal: Observed green water on coast of Peru.
8. 1833 · Parker: Keeper doubted they would find more whales.
9. 1833 · Bengal: Keeper lamented lack of catch.
10. 1845 · Draco: Praised Sumbawa for wood and fowls.
11. 1866 · Abraham Barker: Third Mate reported unwell.
12. 1904 · Karluk: Cruised around the ice.
13. 1833 · Bengal: Saw a great many porpoises.

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