On this day: November 9

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on November 9, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1850 · Fortune: Cook incapacitated by a fall.
2. 1844 · Draco: Keeper prayed for a short voyage.
3. 1844 · Charles Phelps: Caught a right whale.
4. 1844 · Indian Chief: Caught a whale.
5. 1826 · Rosalie: Severe gale split a topsail.
6. 1853 · Fortune: Walter off duty with rheumatic pains.
7. 1905 · Karluk: Freezing gale and drifting snow.
8. 1825 · Rosalie: Saw two gannets.
9. 1846 · Draco: Saw jumpers (probably leaping dolphins).

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