On this day: March 20
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on March 20, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1848 · Dunbarton: Crew observed a lunar eclipse.
- 1842 · Rowena: Whale smashed a whaleboat.
- 1844 · Draco: Heavy sea smashed the boat.
- 1845 · Edward: Brig Troy reported losing two men.
- 1852 · Fortune: Captain fell ill.
- 1876 · Golden City: Whale broke loose in a gale.
- 1842 · Rowena: Caught a whale.
- 1864 · Brewster: Met a ship reporting plenty of whales.
- 1876 · Golden City: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1833 · Bengal: Keeper lamented an exhausting, fruitless chase.
- 1844 · Draco: Keeper feared a heavy gale.
- 1845 · Charles Phelps: Crew caught a manta ray.
- 1850 · Mary and Susan: Strong gales and thick snow.
- 1842 · Rowena: Saw curlews.
- 1843 · Rowena: James Cole returned to duty.