On this day: March 14

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on March 14, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1835 · Addison: Traded with the islanders.
2. 1853 · Fortune: Seaman Charles Morse died of pleurisy.
3. 1844 · Rowena: Cook put in the calaboose.
4. 1833 · Bengal: Searched for mortally wounded escaped whales.
5. 1849 · Abigail: Ten men crowded into one boat to kill a whale.
6. 1853 · Active: Boat smashed during the hunt.
7. 1876 · Golden City: Crew members ran away.
8. 1877 · E. H. Hatfield: Five crewmen ran away.
9. 1827 · Rosalie: Caught a whale.
10. 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Caught 6 pilot whales.
11. 1849 · Abigail: Caught a sperm whale.
12. 1853 · Active: Caught a sperm whale.
13. 1879 · Draco: Caught a sperm whale.
14. 1844 · Draco: Keeper exclaimed about the passage.
15. 1878 · E. H. Hatfield: Crew saw a grampus.
16. 1905 · Karluk: Crew gathered loads of ice.

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