On this day: November 12
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on November 12, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1840 · Volant: Cooper put in irons for mutiny.
- 1846 · Charles Phelps: Harpooner swept overboard by whale line.
- 1843 · Rowena: Trading ashore for hogs and fruit.
- 1833 · Bengal: Officers too afraid to search for runaway.
- 1833 · Bengal: Joseph Pitman deserted on shore.
- 1833 · Bengal: Several native crew members were shipped.
- 1830 · George Porter: Caught 2 whales.
- 1831 · George Porter: Caught a whale.
- 1905 · Karluk: Entertained guests from the Polore for dinner.
- 1833 · Bengal: Keeper condemned the cowardly captain.
- 1833 · Bengal: Capt sent an impressed man on shore.
- 1849 · Mary and Susan: Patrick off duty with venereal disease.
- 1877 · E. H. Hatfield: Saw porpoises.