Nuku Hiva
1 whaling voyage of the atlas came to Nuku Hiva, which their keepers wrote as “Nuku Hiva”, “Nukuhiva”, “Nuhuhava”.
Visits
- Bengal, 1832–35: March 31, 1833, at anchor, 14 days.
- Bengal, 1832–35: September 8, 1834, at anchor, 6 days.
What the logs record there
- 1834 · Bengal: Ship nearly wrecked on rocks.
- 1833 · Bengal: Young king and chief visited aboard.
- 1833 · Bengal: Trading boat stove.
- 1833 · Bengal: Steward fatally shot in cabin accident.
- 1834 · Bengal: Traded with islanders for food.
- 1834 · Bengal: Boat capsized carrying forty local women.
- 1833 · Bengal: Naked islanders boarded the ship.
- 1833 · Bengal: Crew went ashore on liberty.
- 1834 · Bengal: Found missionary driven away and took six men.
- 1834 · Bengal: Reports of violence against white settlers and missionaries.
- 1833 · Bengal: Heavy thunder and lightning near Nukuhiva.
- 1833 · Bengal: Traded a gun for six hogs.
- 1833 · Bengal: Gordon failed to return from liberty.
- 1834 · Bengal: Women kept aboard as remedy for scurvy.
- 1834 · Bengal: Brought island girls aboard.
- 1833 · Bengal: Rain poured down "like butterguts".
- 1833 · Bengal: Ocean almost covered with birds.
- 1833 · Bengal: Keeper noted a new pen wrote better.
- 1833 · Bengal: Referenced Mr. Stewart's South Seas voyage.
- 1833 · Bengal: Overwhelmed by chaos while getting water.
- 1834 · Bengal: Keeper joked about women in the water.
- 1833 · Bengal: Observed birds.