On this day: April 7
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on April 7, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1905 · Karluk: Crewman stabbed another over loading ice.
- 1833 · Bengal: Crew went ashore on liberty.
- 1905 · Karluk: Nugent put in irons below.
- 1922 · Gaspé: Boatsteerer demoted to seaman.
- 1849 · Nimrod: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1852 · Elizabeth: Caught 2 whales.
- 1865 · Brewster: Canoe brought coconuts from Gaby.
- 1847 · Draco: Keeper wrote while holding a child.
- 1849 · Mary and Susan: Whales proved too wild to catch.
- 1832 · Bengal: Saw porpoises.
- 1834 · Parker: Saw porpoises.
- 1845 · Draco: Keeper pleaded for whales to appear.