On this day: March 29

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on March 29, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1876 · E. H. Hatfield: Traded with boats at Cayman Brac.
2. 1832 · Bengal: Ship leaked 100 strokes per hour.
3. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Lost in fog after harpooning whale.
4. 1834 · Bengal: Caught a whale.
5. 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a sperm whale.
6. 1834 · Bengal: Frustrated by inexperienced whalemen.
7. 1853 · Fortune: Carpenter and Mack off duty sick.

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