On this day: June 20

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on June 20, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1864 · Brewster: Captain quarreled furiously with the mate.
2. 1834 · Bengal: Received news from Salem.
3. 1837 · Addison: Caught 5 sperm whales.
4. 1844 · Rowena: Caught a whale.
5. 1846 · Draco: Caught 2 whales.
6. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Caught a whale.
7. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Caught a whale.
8. 1850 · Draco: Caught a whale.
9. 1852 · Fortune: Caught a whale.
10. 1861 · Altamaha: Received a newspaper from home.
11. 1864 · Brewster: Caught a whale.
12. 1917 · Pedro Varela: Caught a whale.
13. 1833 · Bengal: Hundreds of fish swarmed alongside.
14. 1844 · Solon: A pleasant day despite seeing no whales.
15. 1846 · Draco: Keeper gave thanks to God for whales.
16. 1849 · Abigail: Saw jumping dolphins.
17. 1852 · Fortune: Sailed among ice in thick fog.
18. 1869 · Abraham Barker: Shipped a heavy sea in gale.
19. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Tacked off extending ice.
20. 1852 · Active: Tropic bird seen in company.

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