On this day: August 6

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on August 6, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1879 · Draco: Promoted crew members to mate and harpooner.
2. 1822 · Packet: Sent letters home via passing brig.
3. 1852 · Fortune: The Sophia Thornton had lost a boat's crew in the fog.
4. 1852 · Pacific: Whale escaped after irons drew.
5. 1861 · Altamaha: Caught 4 sperm whales.
6. 1866 · Abraham Barker: Sent letters aboard a passing bark.
7. 1827 · Rosalie: Caught a whale.
8. 1846 · Indian Chief: Caught a whale.
9. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Caught a whale.
10. 1832 · Parker: Keeper lamented the scarcity of whales.
11. 1865 · Brewster: Volcano of Bally sighted.
12. 1904 · Karluk: Surrounded by ground ice.
13. 1845 · Draco: Saw squid.
14. 1862 · Hopeton: Saw jumpers (probably leaping dolphins).

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