On this day: May 5

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on May 5, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1854 · Active: Ezekiel Trask died of dysentery.
2. 1833 · Bengal: Flying jib boom carried away.
3. 1849 · Nimrod: Went ashore to find boarding.
4. 1852 · Fortune: Whales passed by as captain grew worse.
5. 1852 · Pacific: Waist boat smashed in a heavy gale.
6. 1906 · Karluk: Sled arrived with 28 bodies.
7. 1863 · Mary: Caught 2 pilot whales.
8. 1864 · Brewster: Caught a whale.
9. 1865 · Brewster: Caught a whale.
10. 1826 · Rosalie: Great flocks of seabirds surrounded the ship.
11. 1832 · Bengal: Sharks swarmed a harpooned pilot whale.
12. 1844 · Draco: Praise for the patent windlass.
13. 1846 · Draco: Keeper lamented empty-handed chase "as usual".
14. 1847 · Dunbarton: Crew caught a dolphin.
15. 1851 · Fortune: Keeper complained of falling ill.
16. 1826 · Rosalie: Saw gulls.
17. 1834 · Bengal: Saw cowfish (small whales or dolphins).
18. 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Went in after fish.

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