On this day: May 16
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on May 16, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1853 · Active: Traded with islanders off Matty Island.
- 1844 · Solon: Caught 2 pilot whales.
- 1854 · Active: Sighted several junks near land.
- 1834 · Bengal: Keeper noted the crew doing nothing.
- 1844 · Solon: Saw several sunfish.
- 1852 · Pacific: Calm sea and snow.
- 1832 · Parker: Saw grampuses.