On this day: February 29

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on February 29, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1832 · Parker: Steward flogged for hitting the mate.
2. 1828 · Galatea: Caught a whale.
3. 1876 · E. H. Hatfield: Caught a whale.
4. 1848 · Abigail: Saw porpoises and finbacks.

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