On this day: May 19

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on May 19, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1865 · Brewster: Boats went ashore and met Dutch missionaries.
2. 1844 · Draco: Men tied up for fighting.
3. 1832 · Parker: Caught a sperm whale.
4. 1833 · Bengal: Feared drifting ashore in the calm.
5. 1844 · Draco: Keeper prayed for better whaling luck.
6. 1844 · Solon: Caught 2 pilot whales.
7. 1853 · Active: Caught 2 pilot whales.
8. 1864 · Brewster: Dutch harbor master read port rules.
9. 1851 · Fortune: Violent gale followed by heavy swell.
10. 1853 · Fortune: Butterfield off duty sick.

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