Snapper
In November 1822, when Captain William Edwardson sailed his trading ship Snapper into Chalky Bay he was approached by a party of sealers from the General Gates. The frightened men sought refuge, and claimed they were being pursued by James Caddell who had once been a sealer himself but now lived as a Pakeha Maori among the southern tribe.
When Snapper entered Bluff Harbour on December 1827, she was said to be the first European vessel to do so. Captain Edwardson then headed his ship on to Ruapuke Island, where today we find Port Snapper.
In 1823, James Caddell made his first journey back to Sydney when he visited on Snapper with samples of flax prepared by Maori women from Foveaux Strait. Snapper’s next call at New Zealand was while on a trading voyage to Tahiti, when Captain Thomas Ebrill sailed her into the Bay of Islands in August 1824.
In April 1829, Captain Henry was in at the helm of Snapper when she stopped at the Bay of Islands on her way to Tahiti.
When Snapper entered Bluff Harbour on December 1827, she was said to be the first European vessel to do so. Captain Edwardson then headed his ship on to Ruapuke Island, where today we find Port Snapper.
In 1823, James Caddell made his first journey back to Sydney when he visited on Snapper with samples of flax prepared by Maori women from Foveaux Strait. Snapper’s next call at New Zealand was while on a trading voyage to Tahiti, when Captain Thomas Ebrill sailed her into the Bay of Islands in August 1824.
In April 1829, Captain Henry was in at the helm of Snapper when she stopped at the Bay of Islands on her way to Tahiti.