On this day: June 4

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on June 4, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1832 · Bengal: Lost a boat in rough seas.
2. 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Caught 3 pilot whales.
3. 1844 · Rowena: Caught a whale.
4. 1853 · Fortune: Caught a whale.
5. 1854 · Active: Caught a whale.
6. 1876 · Golden City: Caught a sperm whale.
7. 1904 · Karluk: Bought dogs and deer skins.
8. 1832 · Parker: Crew plagued by sour looks and bad feelings.
9. 1833 · Bengal: Saw white water.
10. 1844 · Draco: Keeper prayed for whales.
11. 1848 · Draco: Keeper lamented a two-month dry spell.
12. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Gale brought rain, hail, and snow.
13. 1849 · Abigail: Keeper lamented another day of darkness.
14. 1851 · Fortune: Encountered a large field of ice.
15. 1853 · Fortune: Ship drifted with the ice.
16. 1862 · Hopeton: Saw squid, haglets, and porpoises.
17. 1833 · Bengal: Saw two fish.
18. 1849 · Abigail: Caught a yellowtail.
19. 1849 · Abigail: Saw porpoises.
20. 1850 · Draco: Saw some squid.

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