On this day: June 16

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on June 16, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1864 · Brewster: Whale knocked boat into the air.
2. 1834 · Parker: Caught a sperm whale.
3. 1836 · Addison: Caught 3 sperm whales.
4. 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a sperm whale.
5. 1844 · Rowena: Caught a whale.
6. 1844 · Draco: Caught a whale.
7. 1867 · Abraham Barker: Caught a sperm whale.
8. 1882 · Pedro Varela: Caught a sperm whale.
9. 1832 · Bengal: Gale brought heavy hail and snow.
10. 1852 · Fortune: Sighted ice and Goars Island.
11. 1893 · Beluga: Made fast to the ice.
12. 1904 · Karluk: Shifted anchor to avoid ice.
13. 1832 · Parker: Saw porpoises.
14. 1846 · Dunbarton: Saw several flying fish.
15. 1906 · Karluk: Caught quite a number of fish.

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