On this day: March 15

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on March 15, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1853 · Fortune: Crew member Morse was buried at sea.
2. 1835 · Addison: Canoes traded alongside the ship.
3. 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Whale smashed a boat.
4. 1844 · Draco: Harpooner fell 70 feet into the sea.
5. 1867 · Abraham Barker: Squalls and lightning surrounded the ship.
6. 1877 · E. H. Hatfield: New recruits could not be brought aboard.
7. 1833 · Bengal: Caught a sperm whale.
8. 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a sperm whale.
9. 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Caught 2 pilot whales.
10. 1842 · Rowena: Caught a whale.
11. 1832 · Parker: Disappointment after losing a sperm whale.
12. 1844 · Draco: Keeper gave thanks for a miraculous survival.
13. 1848 · Dunbarton: Saw squids and flying fish.

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