On this day: September 13

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on September 13, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1834 · Bengal: Ship nearly wrecked on rocks.
2. 1822 · Packet: Caught 3 pilot whales.
3. 1830 · George Porter: Caught 2 sperm whales.
4. 1831 · George Porter: Crew chased bullocks ashore.
5. 1833 · Bengal: Dinner ended up in the spittoon.
6. 1843 · Jefferson: Crew member discharged.
7. 1846 · Dunbarton: Put two passengers and baggage ashore.
8. 1861 · Altamaha: Boarded merchant ship seeking news from home.
9. 1833 · Parker: Caught a whale.
10. 1834 · Bengal: Brought island girls aboard.
11. 1836 · Addison: Caught 4 sperm whales.
12. 1853 · Fortune: Caught a whale.
13. 1864 · Brewster: Caught a whale.
14. 1832 · Parker: Crew not unhappy despite losing whale.
15. 1845 · Draco: Keeper lamented another week without whales.
16. 1845 · Charles Phelps: Sighted a school of killer whales.
17. 1860 · Jireh Perry: Pilot left the ship.
18. 1905 · Karluk: Found too much ice.

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