On this day: November 10

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on November 10, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1833 · Bengal: Hawaiian crewmen left the ship.
2. 1836 · Addison: Crew went ashore on liberty.
3. 1846 · Indian Chief: Squalls split sails and broke the foreyard.
4. 1853 · Fortune: Mate suffered severely from rheumatism.
5. 1832 · George Porter: Caught a whale.
6. 1844 · Edward: Lamented no whales and dwindling lamp oil.
7. 1844 · Indian Chief: Caught a whale.
8. 1844 · Indian Chief: Caught a whale.
9. 1852 · Fortune: Captain recruited new crew members.
10. 1845 · Draco: Keeper prayed for whales.
11. 1850 · Draco: Keeper lamented the long passage home.
12. 1852 · Fortune: Captain shipped men and sent them aboard.
13. 1844 · Edward: Saw a shoal of porpoises.

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