On this day: August 2

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on August 2, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1853 · Active: Canoes traded coconuts and sea turtles.
2. 1854 · Active: Lost a whale and boat in thick fog.
3. 1844 · Solon: Caught 2 whales.
4. 1852 · Active: Caught a sperm whale.
5. 1853 · Fortune: Caught a whale.
6. 1905 · Karluk: Received fresh provisions including pie.
7. 1835 · Addison: Keeper signed off with a sea chant.
8. 1846 · Charles Phelps: Saw a school of jumpers (probably leaping dolphins).
9. 1846 · Dunbarton: Saw jumpers (probably leaping dolphins).
10. 1853 · Active: Canoe brought two large turtles.

August 1 · August 3

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