On this day: March 8

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on March 8, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1847 · Draco: Sailor put in irons for clenching mate.
2. 1843 · Jefferson: Observed a comet.
3. 1849 · Nimrod: Caught 2 sperm whales.
4. 1853 · Active: Met an old shipmate in port.
5. 1865 · Brewster: Learned Lincoln was reelected.
6. 1883 · Pedro Varela: Caught a sperm whale.
7. 1823 · Packet: Tornado hit the schooner.
8. 1833 · George Porter: Observed discolored water.
9. 1846 · Draco: Keeper hoped never to return.
10. 1848 · Dunbarton: Heavy seas broke over the deck.
11. 1850 · Mary and Susan: Gale brought snow.
12. 1852 · Pacific: Keeper adjusted the logbook date.
13. 1844 · Draco: Keeper called for whales to appear.

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