Depth soundings from Hawaii to New Holland, 1876.

[Found under: “Nu Hou Kuloko.”]

This past Saturday, docked in this harbor, was the Tuscarora, Captain Miller, from Samoa. On this past 6th of December, it left Honolulu nei and sailed for the depths of the ocean between  Hawaii and Australia [Nu Holani]. These are the deepest soundings taken on the trip: 1484, 3175, 3448, 3305 fathoms.

(Kuokoa, 6/3/1876, p. 2)

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Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XV, Helu 23, Aoao 2. Iune 3, 1876.

 

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