On this day: December 22
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on December 22, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1847 · Mary and Susan: Crewman caught sleeping on watch.
- 1866 · Abraham Barker: Went ashore at Tristan Island to fish.
- 1832 · George Porter: Caught a whale.
- 1843 · Jefferson: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1853 · Elizabeth: Captain attended a ball with the governor.
- 1861 · Jireh Perry: Caught a whale.
- 1846 · Draco: Keeper prayed for oil.
- 1847 · Draco: Whale yielded very little oil.
- 1851 · Pacific: Hopes blasted by a false alarm.