On this day: December 14

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on December 14, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1846 · Charles Phelps: Killed whale sank and was lost.
2. 1853 · Fortune: Crewman punished and put in irons.
3. 1852 · Active: Sick harpooner sent ashore.
4. 1852 · Lark: Ship's chronometer stopped.
5. 1875 · Golden City: Schooner took on more water than usual.
6. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Sent letters home with the Pacific.
7. 1847 · Mary and Susan: A falling sail injured a boy.
8. 1842 · Rowena: Caught a whale.
9. 1852 · Active: Sick boatsteerer sent ashore.
10. 1852 · Fortune: Caught a sperm whale.
11. 1833 · Bengal: Observed green water.
12. 1834 · Bengal: Crew caught a porpoise.
13. 1851 · Fortune: Saw some porpoises.

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