On this day: July 27
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on July 27, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1849 · Draco: Whale stove a boat for first time.
- 1842 · Rowena: New crew member failed to report.
- 1827 · Galatea: Sailed through a strip of green water.
- 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Caught 2 whales.
- 1845 · Draco: Keeper prayed for three more whales.
- 1849 · Draco: Caught a whale.
- 1849 · Mary and Susan: Caught a whale.
- 1864 · Brewster: Caught 4 whales.
- 1827 · Galatea: Ran into green water.
- 1832 · Parker: Saw great numbers of leaping creatures.
- 1834 · Parker: Keeper complained that dullness prevailed.
- 1837 · Addison: Current pulled ship toward Danger Island.
- 1842 · Rowena: Four men joined the ship.
- 1846 · Draco: Keeper prayed for whales.
- 1846 · Dunbarton: Spotted a turtle and grampuses.
- 1849 · Abigail: Saw white water.
- 1852 · Fortune: Saw rotting ice and devil fish (gray whales).
- 1863 · Mary: Keeper despaired over bad luck and rotten casks.
- 1905 · Karluk: Endless ice forced steamers close inshore.
- 1906 · Karluk: Ice moved close in.
- 1851 · Fortune: Bowller returned to duty.
- 1905 · Karluk: Encountered no end of ice.