On this day: February 13
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on February 13, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1826 · Rosalie: Second mate's boat stove in.
- 1842 · Jefferson: Buried a New Zealand crewman at sea.
- 1849 · Mary and Susan: Traded with islanders for fresh provisions.
- 1848 · Draco: Locals tempted crewmen to desert.
- 1833 · Bengal: Captain Make visited for the evening.
- 1845 · Indian Chief: Crew went ashore to trade.
- 1867 · Abraham Barker: Captains exchanged visits off Tristan.
- 1825 · Victory: Caught a whale.
- 1826 · Rosalie: Caught 2 whales.
- 1828 · Galatea: Caught a whale.
- 1843 · Rowena: Caught 3 pilot whales.
- 1848 · Draco: Keeper prayed for health and oil.
- 1880 · Draco: Caught 2 pilot whales.
- 1845 · Draco: Keeper yearned for home.
- 1848 · Draco: Keeper fell sick.
- 1848 · Draco: Robert Gamboll joined the ship.
- 1852 · Fortune: Multiple crew members remained sick.
- 1835 · Parker: Four crew members off duty sick.
- 1846 · Draco: Keeper pleaded for whales to appear.
- 1847 · Dunbarton: Saw grampuses.