On this day: January 13
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on January 13, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1832 · Parker: Man fell overboard and was saved.
- 1828 · Galatea: Harpooned whales ran under ship's bottom.
- 1845 · Edward: A sea broke a whaleboat's gunwale.
- 1834 · Bengal: Rigging damaged in near-gale.
- 1844 · Jefferson: Line fouled and cut in the dark.
- 1845 · Charles Phelps: Lost part of whale during squall.
- 1846 · Draco: Caught an albatross and harpooned a shark.
- 1850 · Draco: Second mate caught faking illness.
- 1865 · Brewster: Severe squall snapped the main topsail yard.
- 1828 · Galatea: Caught a whale.
- 1834 · Parker: Caught 4 whales.
- 1844 · Jefferson: Caught a whale.
- 1845 · Charles Phelps: Caught a right whale.
- 1846 · Draco: Keeper lamented being homesick.
- 1850 · Abigail: Fifty canoes followed the ship.
- 1826 · Rosalie: Abundant marine life and birds sighted.
- 1844 · Rowena: Caught fish and two seals off Juan Fernandez.
- 1845 · Edward: Crew caught albatrosses.
- 1849 · Abigail: A rat outsmarted the crew in the rigging.
- 1850 · Draco: Captain lamented dealing with sailors.
- 1833 · Bengal: Saw and caught porpoises.
- 1844 · Rowena: Caught plenty of fish.
- 1849 · Abigail: Chased a rat in the rigging.