On this day: July 28

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on July 28, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1843 · Jefferson: A whale smashed two boats.
2. 1850 · Draco: Keeper drove crew forward with a club.
3. 1893 · Beluga: Orca trapped in the ice signaled for help.
4. 1832 · Bengal: Caught a sperm whale.
5. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Caught a bowhead whale.
6. 1852 · Pacific: Caught a whale.
7. 1862 · Jireh Perry: Caught a whale.
8. 1883 · Pedro Varela: Caught a sperm whale.
9. 1833 · Bengal: Torrential rain fell "Like a Cotteroeth".
10. 1834 · Parker: The writer began losing hope.
11. 1851 · Fortune: Sailed along the ice.
12. 1865 · Brewster: Captain refused to buy sweet potatoes.
13. 1906 · Karluk: Sailed along the ice.
14. 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Sent boat to catch fish.
15. 1845 · Edward: Went fishing.
16. 1845 · Edward: Saw porpoises.

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