On this day: October 14

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on October 14, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1834 · Addison: Squall broke a sail boom.
2. 1836 · Addison: Whale smashed a boat.
3. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Four feet of water in the hold.
4. 1830 · George Porter: Caught a whale.
5. 1832 · Parker: Caught a whale.
6. 1832 · Bengal: Caught a sperm whale.
7. 1836 · Addison: Caught a sperm whale.
8. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a sperm whale.
9. 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a whale.
10. 1850 · Draco: Caught a whale.
11. 1878 · Draco: Caught a pilot whale.
12. 1893 · Beluga: Captain refused to run blindly in snow.
13. 1862 · Hopeton: Lowered the boat for fish.

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