On this day: May 12
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on May 12, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1833 · Bengal: Keeper saw the island queen.
- 1828 · Galatea: Brazilian fleet anchored at the harbor entrance.
- 1836 · Addison: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1844 · Draco: Keeper lamented lack of oil and homesickness.
- 1844 · Draco: Keeper reported being homesick and seasick.
- 1848 · Mary and Susan: Icebergs and deep snow blocked navigation.
- 1832 · Bengal: Keeper noted oppressive heat.
- 1833 · Parker: Flocks of plover-like web-footed birds seen.
- 1833 · Bengal: Keeper charmed by the island paradise.
- 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Keeper declared all well.
- 1846 · Draco: Keeper pleaded desperately for whales.
- 1849 · Nimrod: Keeper enjoyed Honolulu and its people.
- 1893 · Beluga: Steamed through ice.
- 1832 · Bengal: Saw several hagletts.
- 1851 · Fortune: Crew caught a porpoise.