On this day: July 18
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on July 18, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1841 · Rowena: Discovered the burnt wreckage of a ship.
- 1833 · Parker: Whale boat badly stove.
- 1853 · Fortune: Captain's wife visited aboard.
- 1867 · Abraham Barker: Traded with island natives.
- 1834 · Parker: Crew member coughed blood and fell critically ill.
- 1834 · Bengal: Crewman crushed by a loose oil cask.
- 1906 · Karluk: Retrieved provisions left ashore.
- 1827 · Galatea: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1833 · Parker: Caught a whale.
- 1852 · Pacific: Caught a gray whale.
- 1864 · Brewster: Caught 4 whales.
- 1879 · Draco: Caught a whale.
- 1834 · Parker: Thomas J. Smith fell severely ill.
- 1834 · Bengal: Keeper injured by an oil cask.
- 1844 · Charles Phelps: Brought sick man back on board.
- 1845 · Draco: Keeper lamented lack of whales.
- 1846 · Draco: Plummeting barometer prompted preparations for a storm.
- 1852 · Pacific: Passing snow squalls.
- 1861 · Jireh Perry: Saw active volcano on Tanna Island.
- 1893 · Beluga: Tied up to ground ice.
- 1832 · Bengal: Saw a shoal of finbacks or porpoises.
- 1846 · Dunbarton: Lowered a boat to catch fish.