On this day: September 22

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on September 22, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1834 · Bengal: Warship arrived to punish islanders for cannibalism.
2. 1845 · Charles Phelps: Crew felt an earthquake shock at sea.
3. 1853 · Fortune: Caught a whale.
4. 1862 · Mary: Caught a sperm whale.
5. 1905 · Karluk: Received deer skins and provisions.
6. 1833 · Bengal: Keeper denounced captain as a coward and villain.
7. 1865 · Brewster: Freezing gale flooded the decks.
8. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Saw porpoises.

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