On this day: July 26

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on July 26, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1842 · Rowena: Crewmen went ashore without permission and deserted.
2. 1842 · Jefferson: Ship leaked more than usual.
3. 1826 · Rosalie: Caught a whale.
4. 1832 · Parker: Caught a whale.
5. 1843 · Jefferson: Crew sighted four waterspouts.
6. 1852 · Pacific: Caught a bowhead whale.
7. 1832 · Bengal: Observed dark green water.
8. 1842 · Rowena: Resper Borton ran away.
9. 1851 · Fortune: Bowlin remained unwell.
10. 1861 · Altamaha: Caught fish from a drifting log.
11. 1852 · Fortune: Floating ice in sight.

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