On this day: March 24

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on March 24, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1852 · Fortune: Captain and eight crewmen fell sick.
2. 1863 · Mary: Cook dislocated his shoulder in a fall.
3. 1834 · Bengal: Crew hunted tortoises ashore.
4. 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a sperm whale.
5. 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a sperm whale.
6. 1843 · Rowena: Caught a whale.
7. 1843 · Jefferson: Caught a whale.
8. 1861 · Jireh Perry: Caught a sperm whale.
9. 1863 · Mary: Caught a sperm whale.
10. 1839 · Edward Quesnel: Keeper saw nothing but rain.
11. 1864 · Brewster: Keeper called day's chores a "day of pleasure".
12. 1833 · Bengal: Obtained a turtle.
13. 1834 · Bengal: Caught terrapin on the island.

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