On this day: October 11

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on October 11, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1832 · Bengal: Crewman rescued from mountain without water.
2. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Hog washed overboard in heavy squalls.
3. 1864 · Brewster: Captain returned without his wife.
4. 1833 · Parker: Chain broke and whale's head was lost.
5. 1849 · Abigail: A sick child and woman caused worry.
6. 1835 · Addison: Caught 3 sperm whales.
7. 1843 · Jefferson: Caught a right whale.
8. 1844 · Draco: Caught a sperm whale.
9. 1853 · Fortune: Sick crew members showed no improvement.
10. 1863 · Mary: Caught a sperm whale.
11. 1848 · Nimrod: Saw a school of grampuses.
12. 1860 · Jireh Perry: Grampuses spotted during a calm.
13. 1832 · Bengal: Collected giant tortoises.

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