On this day: July 6

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on July 6, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1853 · Fortune: Fight broke out while cutting blubber.
2. 1862 · Jireh Perry: Crewman died of dysentery.
3. 1836 · Addison: Islanders came out in canoes to trade.
4. 1862 · Mary: Whales smashed one boat and cracked two.
5. 1834 · Addison: Shore boat delivered refreshments.
6. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a pilot whale.
7. 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a sperm whale.
8. 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Caught 5 pilot whales.
9. 1862 · Mary: Caught 5 whales.
10. 1822 · Packet: Observed discolored water.
11. 1833 · Bengal: Searched in vain for other ships.
12. 1850 · Draco: Keeper lamented a poor season.
13. 1852 · Active: Spotted a floating schooner's mast.
14. 1861 · Altamaha: Grampuses sighted.
15. 1853 · Fortune: Towed whale out of the ice.

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