On this day: May 11
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on May 11, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1848 · Abigail: Captain's wife and belongings taken ashore.
- 1849 · Draco: Cooper fell overboard and was rescued.
- 1833 · Bengal: Observed native boats traveling between islands.
- 1844 · Draco: Keeper prayed for success.
- 1833 · Parker: Keeper denounced his mates as hypocrites.
- 1846 · Charles Phelps: Weather was raving through the day.
- 1854 · Active: Keeper lamented unusually wild whales.
- 1893 · Beluga: Sailed among loose ice.
- 1853 · Fortune: Caught one porpoise.