On this day: February 25

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on February 25, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1849 · Abigail: Captain and his wife visited another ship.
2. 1852 · Fortune: Sickness spread among the officers and crew.
3. 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Caught 2 pilot whales.
4. 1847 · Draco: Family taken aboard as passengers.
5. 1867 · Abraham Barker: Caught a sperm whale.
6. 1876 · Golden City: Caught a right whale.
7. 1847 · Draco: Passengers taken onboard.
8. 1852 · Pacific: Pilot came on board.
9. 1852 · Pacific: Pilot and Captain went on shore.
10. 1867 · Abraham Barker: Too busy with blubber to write.
11. 1876 · E. H. Hatfield: Tried out a blackfish (a pilot whale).

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