On this day: March 30

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on March 30, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1843 · Rowena: Whaleboat stove during the hunt.
2. 1833 · Bengal: Met a ship captured during the war.
3. 1825 · Victory: Caught a whale.
4. 1843 · Rowena: Caught a whale.
5. 1849 · Draco: Caught a whale.
6. 1854 · Active: Obtained 40 barrels of Irish potatoes.
7. 1864 · Brewster: Sighted several Malay proas.
8. 1869 · Abraham Barker: Caught a sperm whale.
9. 1853 · Lark: Keeper dismissed routine ship chores.
10. 1869 · Abraham Barker: Keeper grumbled about humbugging around another ship.
11. 1863 · Mary: Saw grampuses.
12. 1864 · Brewster: Saw grampuses.

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