On this day: July 24

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on July 24, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1843 · Jefferson: Native islanders visited with provisions.
2. 1905 · Karluk: Went ashore and bought 300 fish.
3. 1834 · Addison: Bought three boatloads of fruit.
4. 1845 · Draco: Caught a whale.
5. 1879 · Draco: Caught a whale.
6. 1882 · Pedro Varela: Caught a sperm whale.
7. 1832 · Bengal: Sperm whale startled right alongside the ship.
8. 1833 · Bengal: Keeper lamented falling one barrel short.
9. 1851 · Fortune: Captain went hunting ducks in the fog.
10. 1851 · Fortune: Bowling was below sick.
11. 1893 · Beluga: Tied up to the sea ice.
12. 1905 · Karluk: Fritz came on board.
13. 1852 · Fortune: Cannon and the cook off duty.
14. 1862 · Hopeton: Saw grampuses or something else.

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