On this day: September 14

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

1. 1832 · Parker: Caught a whale.
2. 1844 · Draco: Keeper prayed for mercy and success.
3. 1866 · Abraham Barker: Caught a sperm whale.
4. 1879 · Draco: Caught a sperm whale.
5. 1834 · Bengal: Teaching the girls good morals.
6. 1848 · Abigail: Inexperienced harpooner fouled the oars.
7. 1905 · Karluk: Ship made fast to the ice.
8. 1848 · Abigail: Struck a finback whale.

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