Van Diemen Roads
1 whaling voyage of the atlas came to Van Diemen Roads, which their keepers wrote as “Van Diemen Roads, Tongatapu”.
Visits
- Indian Chief, 1844–47: February 14, 1845, at anchor, 9 days.
What the logs record there
- 1845 · Indian Chief: Four crew members deserted.
- 1845 · Indian Chief: Crew fumigated the ship.
- 1845 · Indian Chief: Traded with local inhabitants.
- 1845 · Indian Chief: Crew engaged in trading.
- 1845 · Indian Chief: Condemned the Jane & Eliza and hired crewman.
- 1845 · Indian Chief: Smoked the ship to kill rats.