On this day: November 6

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on November 6, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1836 · Addison: Whale bit head off whaleboat.
2. 1845 · Draco: Received a year-old letter.
3. 1846 · Dunbarton: Heavy swell rolled boats near under.
4. 1852 · Fortune: New recruit backed out.
5. 1862 · Mary: Recruited six men in Samboangon.
6. 1830 · George Porter: Caught a whale.
7. 1835 · Addison: Caught 3 sperm whales.
8. 1836 · Addison: Canoes came alongside for whale meat.
9. 1836 · Addison: Caught a sperm whale.
10. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a whale.
11. 1860 · Jireh Perry: Caught a pilot whale.
12. 1831 · Parker: Keeper complained about the blacksmith's slow work.
13. 1834 · Bengal: Freezing gale and signs of snow.
14. 1853 · Fortune: Manuel Kanaka returned to duty.

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