Whaling Logs
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Cape Verde

2 whaling voyages of the atlas came to Cape Verde, which their keepers wrote as “Brava, fogo and St Jago”, “St Jago & Fogo”.

Visits

  1. Nimrod, 1848–51: October 25, 1848, off, 1 day.
  2. E. H. Hatfield, 1876–78: March 18, 1877, off, 1 day.

What the logs record there

  1. 1848 · Nimrod: Admired the boats skimming the water.
  2. 1848 · Nimrod: Swallows and white millers flew aboard.
  3. 1848 · Nimrod: Saw plenty of porpoises.
  4. 1848 · Nimrod: Observed birds of several kinds.
  5. 1877 · E. H. Hatfield: Saw porpoises.

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