On this day: November 7

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on November 7, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1832 · Bengal: Heard news of cholera visiting New York.
2. 1846 · Charles Phelps: Heavy wave washed away gangway board.
3. 1848 · Abigail: Captain went ashore to see family.
4. 1849 · Draco: Whale smashed a boat.
5. 1832 · George Porter: Caught a whale.
6. 1848 · Abigail: Captain went ashore to see family.
7. 1905 · Karluk: Supplied canvas to the Jeannette for sled covers.
8. 1834 · Bengal: Feared Cape Horn with a leaking ship.
9. 1834 · Addison: Keeper cheered the ship along.
10. 1850 · Fortune: Heavy gale forced ship to stop.
11. 1860 · Jireh Perry: Boiled blackfish (pilot whales).

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