Flores Island
15 whaling voyages of the atlas came to Flores Island, which their keepers wrote as “Flores”, “Island of Flores”, “Island of Flores, azors Islands”, “Flores Island”, “Florus”, “Corvo and Flores”.
Visits
- Packet, 1822–23: July 22, 1822, off, 1 day.
- Victory, 1824–25: August 12, 1824, off, 1 day.
- Galatea, 1827–28: June 28, 1827, off, 2 days.
- Galatea, 1827–28: July 7, 1827, off, 5 days.
- George Porter, 1832–33: August 15, 1832, off, 1 day.
- Edward Quesnel, 1836–39: July 5, 1836, off, 4 days.
- Rowena, 1841–43: July 22, 1841, off, 1 day.
- Charles Phelps, 1844–47: July 13, 1844, off, 3 days.
- Indian Chief, 1844–47: July 16, 1844, off, 1 day.
- Pacific, 1851–54: April 27, 1851, off, 1 day.
- Pacific, 1851–54: May 24, 1851, off, 6 days.
- Jireh Perry, 1860–64: October 1, 1860, off, 2 days.
- Jireh Perry, 1860–64: October 14, 1860, off, 2 days.
- Mary, 1861–65: August 12, 1861, off, 1 day.
- Mary, 1861–65: August 19, 1861, off, 1 day.
- Abraham Barker, 1866–70: September 10, 1866, off, 3 days.
- Abraham Barker, 1866–70: September 22, 1866, off, 1 day.
- E. H. Hatfield, 1876–78: September 2, 1877, off, 1 day.
- Draco, 1878–80: September 16, 1878, off, 1 day.
- Pedro Varela, 1881–83: August 24, 1882, off, 2 days.
What the logs record there
- 1861 · Mary: Three crewmen deserted at Flores.
- 1851 · Pacific: Steward left on shore.
- 1866 · Abraham Barker: Crewman ran away on shore but caught.
- 1851 · Pacific: Brought livestock and potatoes from shore.
- 1851 · Pacific: Crew salvaged drifting pine timber and caught fish.
- 1851 · Pacific: Crew caught two porpoises.
- 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Boiled blackfish (pilot whales).