On this day: January 14

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on January 14, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1850 · Abigail: Traded tobacco with islanders.
2. 1854 · Active: Injured crewman discharged and landed by islanders.
3. 1834 · Bengal: Boat smashed in the surf.
4. 1842 · Jefferson: Lost half the case in heavy swell.
5. 1868 · Abraham Barker: Caught 2 sperm whales.
6. 1906 · Karluk: Sleds traveled to neighboring camps.
7. 1832 · Parker: Right whales appeared very tame.
8. 1834 · Bengal: Keeper swore off cutting dense wood.
9. 1835 · Bengal: Keeper predicted a bark would beat them.
10. 1854 · Active: Discharged James Caswell due to rupture.
11. 1905 · Karluk: Wodie left for the westward.
12. 1834 · Bengal: Saw many green parrots.

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