On this day: October 6

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on October 6, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1834 · Bengal: Recruited four white men and two natives.
2. 1827 · Rosalie: Two casks of oil leaked out.
3. 1846 · Draco: Carpenter delirious and boy sick with venereal disease.
4. 1851 · Fortune: Crew member Moss fell very sick.
5. 1860 · Jireh Perry: Caught a whale.
6. 1862 · Mary: Sold salvaged gear to other ships.
7. 1862 · Mary: Caught a sperm whale.
8. 1864 · Brewster: Bought yams and sweet potatoes at Kema.
9. 1832 · Bengal: Crew gathered tortoises and fresh fish.
10. 1833 · Bengal: Keeper lamented an unlucky run of lost gear.
11. 1866 · Abraham Barker: Crew caught several turtles.
12. 1832 · George Porter: Caught one porpoise.

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