On this day: December 16

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on December 16, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1834 · Bengal: Seven men flung from yardarm during gale.
2. 1848 · Abigail: Officers argued over buying a watch.
3. 1848 · Nimrod: Received a letter and news from home.
4. 1849 · Abigail: Captain and officer nearly came to blows.
5. 1850 · Fortune: Flying jibboom carried away in squall.
6. 1830 · George Porter: Caught a whale.
7. 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a whale.
8. 1843 · Jefferson: Caught a sperm whale.
9. 1863 · Brewster: Caught a whale.
10. 1833 · Bengal: Keeper admired the beautiful coastal plains.
11. 1844 · Charles Phelps: Crew caught over a thousand fish.
12. 1844 · Charles Phelps: Caught fish ashore and inshore.
13. 1846 · Draco: Crew caught a porpoise and a dolphin.
14. 1852 · Fortune: Torrential rain put out the try-works.
15. 1822 · Packet: Saw a great many fish.

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