ABSTRACT

Seemingly arcane records of shipping, derived from shipping lists published in newspapers and ship’s logbooks and notations therein, can be interrogated in geographical, chronological and typological terms. This paper presents a fully referenced dataset of 1,584 visits by vessels to Tongan waters between 1616 and 1884 which is now available for analysis by interested parties. Example analyses presented in this paper show how the compilation and analysis of shipping data, canvassing the presence, and to some extent movement, of European vessels in Tongan waters, can illuminate large-scale changes in contact and trade.

中文翻译：

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询问运输数据以说明汤加群岛（1770-1885年）的外部连通性模式和欧洲影响力的上升

摘要

似乎可以从地理，年代和类型学的角度来审视由报纸和船上的航海日志以及其中的注释所产生的运输清单得出的神秘的运输记录。本文介绍了1616年至1884年之间船只到汤加水域的1584次访问的完整参考数据集，相关各方现在可以进行分析。本文提供的示例分析表明，在汤加水域中，对欧洲船舶的运输数据进行汇总和分析，探讨其存在以及在一定程度上的移动，可以如何阐明联系和贸易的大规模变化。