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São Miguel Island

8 whaling voyages of the atlas came to São Miguel Island, which their keepers wrote as “St Michaels”, “St Michael”, “St. Michael”, “St Michael Bay”, “Island of St Michel”, “Bay of St Michels”.

Visits

  1. Packet, 1822–23: July 29, 1822, off, 5 days.
  2. Packet, 1822–23: August 8, 1822, off, 2 days.
  3. Dunbarton, 1846–48: August 15, 1846, off, 6 days.
  4. Pacific, 1851–54: July 18, 1851, off, 1 day.
  5. Active, 1852–56: July 15, 1852, off, 2 days.
  6. Active, 1852–56: August 2, 1852, off, 4 days.
  7. Active, 1852–56: August 14, 1852, off, 1 day.
  8. Jireh Perry, 1860–64: October 23, 1860, off, 1 day.
  9. Mary, 1861–65: September 3, 1861, off, 1 day.
  10. E. H. Hatfield, 1876–78: October 16, 1877, at anchor, 2 days.
  11. Pedro Varela, 1881–83: September 18, 1881, off, 1 day.
  12. Pedro Varela, 1881–83: September 10, 1882, at anchor, 1 day.
  13. Pedro Varela, 1881–83: October 10, 1882, off, 1 day.

What the logs record there

  1. 1852 · Active: Boarded an abandoned, waterlogged brig.

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Original text

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