On this day: September 3
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on September 3, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1867 · Abraham Barker: Captains traded with islanders.
- 1833 · Bengal: Third mate blamed for ruining the voyage.
- 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Two whaleboats smashed and whale lost.
- 1841 · Rowena: Gale carried away the topsail yard parrel.
- 1848 · Draco: Caught 2 whales.
- 1865 · Brewster: Crew constantly pumped the leaking ship.
- 1825 · Rosalie: Caught a whale.
- 1842 · Jefferson: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1893 · Beluga: Caught 2 bowhead whales.
- 1832 · Bengal: Keeper lamented dull times.
- 1832 · Bengal: Saw boobies.
- 1845 · Draco: Keeper pleaded for whales to appear.
- 1845 · Draco: Caught a cow-fish (a small whale or dolphin).