On this day: January 19

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on January 19, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1832 · Parker: Bowsprit chain broke in strong gales.
2. 1834 · Bengal: Bread provisions found spoiled.
3. 1836 · Addison: Spotted shallow rocks directly beneath ship.
4. 1865 · Brewster: Crew traded with locals ashore.
5. 1877 · E. H. Hatfield: Caught 3 pilot whales.
6. 1844 · Draco: Endured another routine gale.
7. 1847 · Draco: Keeper longed for home.
8. 1848 · Abigail: Whirlwind passed close to the ship.
9. 1833 · Bengal: Saw porpoises.
10. 1844 · Rowena: Boiled blackfish (pilot whales) blubber.
11. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Jones was off duty sick.
12. 1851 · Fortune: Saw porpoises.
13. 1852 · Elizabeth: Raised whales that proved to be grampuses.

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