On this day: December 21

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on December 21, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1826 · Rosalie: Caught 6 whales.
2. 1843 · Draco: Crewman fell sick with venereal disease.
3. 1827 · Rosalie: Took on fresh livestock and produce.
4. 1831 · Parker: Caught a sperm whale.
5. 1832 · Parker: Caught 3 sperm whales.
6. 1832 · George Porter: Caught a whale.
7. 1834 · Addison: Caught a sperm whale.
8. 1847 · Draco: Caught a right whale.
9. 1904 · Karluk: Andron returned with fresh meat.
10. 1832 · Bengal: Crew caught a mouse in the hatch.
11. 1833 · Bengal: Saw everything except sperm whales.
12. 1842 · Jefferson: Took a pilot aboard.
13. 1833 · Bengal: Saw grampus.
14. 1833 · Bengal: Saw cowfish (small whales or dolphins).
15. 1853 · Fortune: Invalids remained much the same.
16. 1878 · Draco: Tried out black fish (pilot whales).

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