On this day: July 7

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on July 7, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1852 · Fortune: Whale stove boat and forced rescue.
2. 1862 · Jireh Perry: William Drew was buried at sea.
3. 1826 · Rosalie: Caught 3 pilot whales.
4. 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a pilot whale.
5. 1852 · Fortune: Caught a whale.
6. 1833 · Bengal: Keeper noted seeing nothing as usual.
7. 1849 · Abigail: Keeper lamented dark whaling prospects.
8. 1851 · Fortune: Sailed along the ice in fog.
9. 1853 · Fortune: Ship surrounded by heavy ice.
10. 1861 · Jireh Perry: Abundant albacore seen around the ship.
11. 1869 · Abraham Barker: Planned to hold fast all night.
12. 1893 · Beluga: Encountered thick fog and ice.
13. 1906 · Karluk: Sea ice began moving.
14. 1826 · Rosalie: Caught three fish.
15. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Boiled blackfish (pilot whales).
16. 1852 · Fortune: Struck whale in the ice.
17. 1861 · Altamaha: Saw jumpers (probably leaping dolphins) and porpoises.

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