On this day: July 3

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on July 3, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1852 · Fortune: Whaler Warren destroyed by fire.
2. 1852 · Pacific: Natives arrived in skin canoes to trade.
3. 1837 · Addison: Traded iron hoop for island produce.
4. 1826 · Rosalie: Caught 2 whales.
5. 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a pilot whale.
6. 1844 · Solon: Caught a whale.
7. 1852 · Pacific: A complete barrier of sea ice.
8. 1879 · Draco: Caught a whale.
9. 1846 · Draco: Turned course toward the north.
10. 1847 · Dunbarton: Caught a porpoise amid countless finbacks.
11. 1853 · Fortune: Cruised around the ice.
12. 1877 · E. H. Hatfield: Crew killed a pig and caught dolphin.
13. 1844 · Charles Phelps: Saw porpoises.
14. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Wm Mynes returned to duty.
15. 1852 · Fortune: Saw a large body of ice.
16. 1852 · Pacific: Lowered for walruses and took three.

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