On this day: August 4
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on August 4, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1842 · Rowena: Went ashore to trade for hogs.
- 1845 · Draco: Keeper prayed for whales and home.
- 1851 · Pacific: Boat returned with hogs and fresh fruit.
- 1861 · Jireh Perry: Logkeeper recorded two consecutive Sundays.
- 1877 · E. H. Hatfield: Caught a whale.
- 1833 · Bengal: Keeper reflected on foul moods and vanished whales.
- 1834 · Parker: Keeper worried about filling more barrels.
- 1845 · Draco: Plenty of sharks surrounded the ship.
- 1851 · Fortune: Cook recovered from illness.
- 1862 · Hopeton: Sea lively with marine life.