On this day: December 4
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on December 4, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1833 · Bengal: Crew fought officers during watch.
- 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Whaleboat capsized and lost line.
- 1847 · Abigail: Mate went ashore for fruit.
- 1832 · Bengal: Sighted a wreck.
- 1849 · Nimrod: Captain's wife reflected on leaving Honolulu.
- 1852 · Lark: Crew members sick with dandy fever.
- 1846 · Dunbarton: Caught a whale.
- 1833 · Parker: Crew caught two porpoises.
- 1833 · Bengal: Crew member punished in mizen rigging.
- 1850 · Fortune: Keeper noted he was feeling better.
- 1826 · Rosalie: Saw porpoises.
- 1832 · Parker: Two men were sick off duty.
- 1834 · Bengal: Saw grampus.