On this day: June 10
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on June 10, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1834 · Bengal: Captain severely beat crewmen after a fight.
- 1857 · Daniel Wood: Showed his wife's picture to visiting ladies.
- 1862 · Mary: Scavenged gear from a shipwrecked bark.
- 1834 · Bengal: Fight between native and Hammond, crew punished.
- 1834 · Bengal: James Dicken flogged and put in irons.
- 1834 · Addison: Ran aground trying to clear another ship.
- 1906 · Karluk: Crew played ball.
- 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Crew gathered 280 tortoises.
- 1857 · Daniel Wood: Received a loving letter from home.
- 1862 · Mary: Caught 6 sperm whales.
- 1834 · Parker: Keeper lamented lack of whales.
- 1834 · Bengal: Captain beat Hammond on deck.
- 1834 · Bengal: Officers struck Browning shield and keeper.
- 1844 · Draco: Keeper sighed at seeing only finbacks.
- 1846 · Draco: Keeper wondered when they would get home.
- 1862 · Mary: Crossed uncharted shallow shoal.
- 1857 · Daniel Wood: Cutwater damaged by ice.