On this day: January 7

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on January 7, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1834 · Bengal: Second mate fought a Hawaiian native.
2. 1852 · Elizabeth: Crew observed a lunar eclipse.
3. 1834 · Bengal: Second mate fought with native crewman.
4. 1835 · Bengal: Traded provisions with an English brig.
5. 1837 · Addison: Could not chase whale due to smashed boats.
6. 1853 · Active: Whale bit through the harpoon line.
7. 1854 · Active: Narrowly missed a submerged rock.
8. 1864 · Solon: Confined crewman cursed the officers.
9. 1842 · Rowena: Caught a whale.
10. 1853 · Active: Caught 3 sperm whales.
11. 1854 · Fortune: Captain procured fruit, fowls, and wood.
12. 1834 · Parker: Sea full of birds.
13. 1834 · Bengal: Search boat chased missing men.
14. 1845 · Edward: Caught a turtle.
15. 1848 · Draco: Crew caught forty mice aboard.
16. 1905 · Karluk: Subzero cold.

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