On this day: June 3

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on June 3, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1826 · Rosalie: Caught a whale.
2. 1845 · Indian Chief: Caught a whale.
3. 1848 · Dunbarton: Returned home after 22 months.
4. 1865 · Brewster: Caught a whale.
5. 1831 · George Porter: Saw a number of small birds.
6. 1849 · Abigail: Saw porpoises.
7. 1852 · Fortune: Mundoon and Isaac off duty sick.
8. 1861 · Altamaha: Saw porpoises.

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