On this day: March 3

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on March 3, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1847 · Draco: Reverend Charles Robinson died aboard.
2. 1848 · Abigail: Captain Monkly and his wife visited.
3. 1864 · Brewster: Squall tore away the jib.
4. 1867 · Abraham Barker: Heavy sea smashed bulwarks and flooded deck.
5. 1843 · Jefferson: Caught a whale.
6. 1849 · Draco: Keeper prayed for oil and home.
7. 1876 · E. H. Hatfield: Caught a pilot whale.
8. 1879 · Draco: Caught a pilot whale.
9. 1833 · George Porter: Endured heavy gale and snow squalls.
10. 1834 · Bengal: Abundant marine life sighted.
11. 1847 · Dunbarton: Large sperm whale spotted right alongside at night.
12. 1850 · Abigail: Crew killed a turtle.
13. 1865 · Brewster: Wished a companion bark safe journey home.
14. 1867 · Abraham Barker: Shipped a heavy sea causing damage.

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