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Thursday 2 December 2021

American whaling ship Triton visited Tahiti according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 8 April 1848

 The New Pictorial and Illustrated Family Magazine established for the diffusion of useful knowledge, vol. III. Robert Sears editor, New York 1846

An item that the American whaling ship Triton which was cut off in an affray on board at Sydenham’s Island arrived at Tahiti with several wounded men among her crew including her first officer. She was to depart within short time probably to Hawaii. “They reported that the Captain and boat’s crew who had arrived here were all murdered”.

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