On this day: May 29
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on May 29, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1853 · Fortune: Williams released from irons after promising good behavior.
- 1844 · Rowena: Boat smashed by a whale.
- 1842 · Rowena: Caught 2 pilot whales.
- 1846 · Draco: Caught a whale.
- 1862 · Hopeton: Caught six dolphins in thick water.
- 1832 · Parker: Keeper lamented having no idea where to find whales.
- 1834 · Parker: Keeper lamented poor prospects for oil.
- 1834 · Bengal: Keeper lamented lack of whales.
- 1845 · Draco: Keeper lamented the lack of whales.
- 1847 · Dunbarton: Crew retrieved an adrift canoe.
- 1852 · Pacific: Keeper hoped winter had finally broken.
- 1854 · Active: Water appeared green.
- 1832 · Bengal: Saw flying fish.