On this day: June 11

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on June 11, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1834 · Bengal: Crewman kept in irons by fearful captain.
2. 1877 · E. H. Hatfield: Sent Cape Verde recruits ashore to sign articles.
3. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Ship was ten men short.
4. 1862 · Hopeton: Caught 6 sperm whales.
5. 1827 · Rosalie: Caught a whale.
6. 1835 · Addison: Caught a whale.
7. 1844 · Draco: Keeper offered a humble prayer.
8. 1844 · Solon: Caught 2 pilot whales.
9. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Caught a whale.
10. 1832 · Bengal: Freezing conditions aboard.
11. 1834 · Parker: Captain lamented running a whaling ship.
12. 1844 · Solon: Caught several dolphins around a drifting log.
13. 1845 · Edward: Grampuses sighted.
14. 1851 · Fortune: Bowline below sick with lame back.
15. 1853 · Fortune: Sailed along the sea ice.
16. 1853 · Elizabeth: Marked nineteenth month from New Bedford.
17. 1854 · Active: Chased whales into the ice.
18. 1877 · E. H. Hatfield: Sent men on shore for articles.
19. 1834 · Parker: Saw a bill fish.
20. 1846 · Draco: Saw jumpers (probably leaping dolphins).

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