On this day: July 30

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on July 30, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1844 · Indian Chief: Three crewmen deserted and one was caught.
2. 1845 · Charles Phelps: Crew killed a walrus.
3. 1824 · Victory: Caught 2 whales.
4. 1844 · Indian Chief: Traded for livestock ashore.
5. 1844 · Indian Chief: Three crew members deserted.
6. 1844 · Indian Chief: Caught deserter Wm Marshall.
7. 1865 · Brewster: Drunken crewman caused trouble.
8. 1826 · Rosalie: Caught a whale.
9. 1833 · Parker: Caught a sperm whale.
10. 1834 · Parker: Caught a whale.
11. 1846 · Draco: Caught a whale.
12. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Caught a whale.
13. 1849 · Abigail: Caught a whale.
14. 1853 · Fortune: Caught a whale.
15. 1834 · Bengal: Lost a sperm whale through mismanagement.
16. 1837 · Addison: Severe storm halted boiling.
17. 1844 · Indian Chief: Shipped four Portuguese crew members.
18. 1845 · Draco: Keeper wished for whales to come.
19. 1846 · Dunbarton: Retrieved floating mahogany from the sea.
20. 1893 · Beluga: Ship remained trapped in the ice.

July 29 · July 31

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