On this day: November 20

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on November 20, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1825 · Rosalie: Securing lash broke during rough weather.
2. 1830 · George Porter: Lost a whale's head in a gale.
3. 1845 · Charles Phelps: Crewman ran away twice ashore.
4. 1831 · George Porter: Caught a whale.
5. 1844 · Charles Phelps: Caught a right whale.
6. 1851 · Pacific: Caught a whale.
7. 1861 · Jireh Perry: Caught a whale.
8. 1844 · Draco: Keeper lamented an unsuccessful chase.
9. 1850 · Fortune: Saw shoal of porpoises.

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