levukaThe tale of the Hobart Whaler ‘Grecian’ from: Slavers in Paradise - The Peruvian Slave Trade in Polynesia, 1862-1864 reported Captain Thomas James McGrath, master of the 209-ton Tasmanian whaler Grecian left Hobart on 17 December 1861 for a whaling voyage to the South Seas. With the exception of one islander his crew [...]
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