On this day: February 4

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on February 4, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1852 · Elizabeth: Sent a boat ashore at Tristan da Cunha.
2. 1853 · Fortune: Sick crewmen sent to the hospital.
3. 1833 · Bengal: Caught a whale.
4. 1847 · Indian Chief: Crew spent the day doing nothing.
5. 1853 · Active: Captain complained about local traders.

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