At Sea on This Date

Every ship whose logbook survives for this date, from 1662 to 1855: where it was, what the wind did, and what the log said that day. Dutch, British, Spanish and French logs, transcribed by the CLIWOC project. Part of For the Date.

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Where they were

Tap a ship to read its day. Bigger dots logged stronger wind.

In their own words