On this day: May 1

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on May 1, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1836 · Addison: Watched natives fishing at the reef.
2. 1852 · Fortune: Visiting doctor treated the ailing captain.
3. 1852 · Elizabeth: Whale smashed a whaleboat.
4. 1852 · Elizabeth: Caught a sperm whale.
5. 1865 · Brewster: Caught 3 whales.
6. 1906 · Karluk: Hunter returned with five deer.
7. 1834 · Bengal: Felt trapped by shifting winds.
8. 1846 · Charles Phelps: Weathered a severe gale.
9. 1854 · Active: Whales described as wild as hawks.
10. 1893 · Beluga: Stuck in heavy ice.
11. 1906 · Karluk: Henry arrived with five deer.

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