On this day: July 23

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on July 23, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1846 · Dunbarton: Whale smashed a boat.
2. 1853 · Fortune: Third mate relieved of duty.
3. 1867 · Abraham Barker: Captain ordered the sailors' shirts searched.
4. 1832 · Parker: Caught a whale.
5. 1833 · Parker: Caught a whale.
6. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Caught 2 pilot whales.
7. 1843 · Jefferson: A canoe came alongside.
8. 1846 · Dunbarton: Caught a whale.
9. 1852 · Fortune: Caught a bowhead whale.
10. 1861 · Mary: Endured a week of gales.
11. 1853 · Fortune: Drifting among the ice.
12. 1893 · Beluga: Moored to the ice.
13. 1824 · Victory: Saw porpoises.
14. 1841 · Rowena: Chased whales that proved to be killers (killer whales).

July 22 · July 24

Whaling Logs · All voyages · About