On this day: January 21

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on January 21, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1849 · Abigail: Islanders fascinated by woman and child.
2. 1837 · Addison: Boats sent ashore to trade and fetch water.
3. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Patrick was badly injured by the wheel.
4. 1864 · Brewster: Chronometer found thirty miles off.
5. 1835 · Bengal: Rumors of rebellion at Pernambuco.
6. 1847 · Draco: Homeward-bound ship provided supplies for sick.
7. 1852 · Fortune: Sighted Chinese junks.
8. 1865 · Brewster: Locals came aboard to trade.
9. 1835 · Parker: Sighted the dangerous Rocas Reef.
10. 1835 · Bengal: Second mate sick.
11. 1843 · Rowena: Discharged one man.
12. 1851 · Fortune: Crew slaughtered the ship's boar.
13. 1845 · Draco: Saw porpoises in abundance.
14. 1854 · Fortune: Manuel off duty sick with sore.
15. 1864 · Solon: Saw a school of porpoises.

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