On this day: November 8

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on November 8, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1853 · Active: Whale escaped after a seven-hour fight.
2. 1831 · Parker: Harpooner complained about meat rations.
3. 1844 · Indian Chief: Caught 7 pilot whales.
4. 1850 · Fortune: Flying jib boom snapped off.
5. 1881 · Pedro Varela: Caught 5 sperm whales.
6. 1831 · George Porter: Caught a whale.
7. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a whale.
8. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a whale.
9. 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a sperm whale.
10. 1843 · Jefferson: Caught a right whale.
11. 1834 · Bengal: Keeper did not want to see whales.
12. 1852 · Active: Chronometer found thirty miles off.
13. 1845 · Draco: Saw grampuses.

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