On this day: November 23

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on November 23, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1832 · Bengal: Dolphin escaped with the spear.
2. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Collins injured by a block.
3. 1851 · Fortune: Crew members suffered various ailments.
4. 1824 · Victory: Caught a whale.
5. 1831 · George Porter: Caught a whale.
6. 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Caught 5 pilot whales.
7. 1845 · Charles Phelps: Captains crossed the bay to trade.
8. 1847 · Draco: Keeper prayed for oil and family.
9. 1850 · Fortune: Sick crew members showed no improvement.
10. 1833 · Bengal: Keeper lamented long voyage and poor crew.
11. 1846 · Dunbarton: Caught a porpoise amid jumping fish.
12. 1847 · Mary and Susan: Crew caught a porpoise.
13. 1867 · Abraham Barker: Aboard ship, a hog had piglets.
14. 1863 · Brewster: Boiled blackfish (pilot whales).

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