On this day: September 7
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on September 7, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1833 · Bengal: Boat stove by a sperm whale.
- 1866 · Abraham Barker: Found a capsized brig at sea.
- 1824 · Victory: Went ashore at the Isle of May.
- 1849 · Mary and Susan: Jib boom carried away.
- 1854 · Active: Anchor stock broke.
- 1865 · Brewster: Large hole found in the bow.
- 1833 · Bengal: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1837 · Addison: Spoke a canoe near shore.
- 1861 · Altamaha: Caught 2 sperm whales.
- 1883 · Pedro Varela: Caught 2 sperm whales.
- 1893 · Beluga: Caught a bowhead whale.
- 1824 · Victory: Two men joined the ship.
- 1846 · Draco: Keeper complained of dull work.
- 1846 · Dunbarton: Crew caught a porpoise.
- 1906 · Karluk: Navigated through ice under steam and sail.
- 1822 · Packet: Saw many porpoises.
- 1822 · Packet: Saw small fish.
- 1834 · Bengal: Saw many birds.
- 1848 · Mary and Susan: Saw plenty of birds.
- 1877 · E. H. Hatfield: Saw cow fish (small whales or dolphins).