On this day: July 14
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on July 14, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1832 · Parker: Crew member put in irons.
- 1868 · Abraham Barker: Captain traded with the islanders.
- 1827 · Rosalie: The ship and oil were leaking.
- 1852 · Active: Spotted a shipwreck.
- 1865 · Brewster: Ship hauled off a reef.
- 1832 · Parker: Caught 2 sperm whales.
- 1834 · Addison: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1835 · Addison: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Caught 5 pilot whales.
- 1845 · Charles Phelps: Caught a whale.
- 1846 · Draco: Keeper prayed ship's leak would not worsen.
- 1849 · Mary and Susan: Spotted men on an island.
- 1857 · Daniel Wood: Stuck in the ice fourteen days.
- 1879 · Draco: Caught a whale.
- 1881 · Pedro Varela: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1882 · Pedro Varela: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1826 · Rosalie: Noted a frustrating lack of whales.
- 1833 · Bengal: Keeper lamented his discontented mind.
- 1857 · Daniel Wood: Feared ice would turn him wicked.
- 1866 · Abraham Barker: Whales raised for first time of voyage.
- 1834 · Parker: Saw jumpers (probably leaping dolphins) or porpoises.
- 1844 · Solon: Saw grampuses.
- 1857 · Daniel Wood: Laying in the ice in Meichuy Bay.