On this day: July 9

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on July 9, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1837 · Addison: Squall carried away the jib-boom.
2. 1861 · Jireh Perry: Crew observed a solar eclipse.
3. 1862 · Jireh Perry: Canoes visited, but rough seas prevented landing.
4. 1864 · Brewster: Found the ground tier badly rotten.
5. 1843 · Jefferson: Caught 2 sperm whales.
6. 1850 · Draco: Homesickness during a gale.
7. 1879 · Draco: Caught a whale.
8. 1833 · Bengal: Keeper reflected on longing for home.
9. 1849 · Abigail: Keeper felt deeply low in spirits.
10. 1851 · Fortune: Ran into ice near shore.
11. 1852 · Fortune: Waist boat remained missing in fog.
12. 1853 · Fortune: Sailed near ice with the Mercury.
13. 1861 · Altamaha: Water thick with fogseed and tallow drops.
14. 1853 · Fortune: Cook still sick and Adams off duty.
15. 1893 · Beluga: Sailed along the ice.

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