On this day: June 28
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on June 28, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1865 · Brewster: Collected letters from the Sea Queen.
- 1862 · Mary: Ship crossed dangerously shallow waters.
- 1868 · Abraham Barker: Visited the Hunter with pork and potatoes.
- 1846 · Draco: Caught a whale.
- 1846 · Charles Phelps: Caught a right whale.
- 1854 · Active: Retrieved gear from a lost whale.
- 1832 · Bengal: Snow squall caused temperature to plunge.
- 1844 · Draco: Keeper reflected on human greed.
- 1846 · Draco: Keeper celebrated good luck.
- 1861 · Altamaha: Caught two dolphins.
- 1862 · Hopeton: Abundant marine life spotted.
- 1846 · Dunbarton: Saw a great number of small fish.
- 1866 · Abraham Barker: Lowered for grampus.