translate English to German: When Cook came, Tonga was still prospering in peace; when Mariner was there it had plunged into a cruel civil war. It is likely that what was told to Mariner was an excuse, a way to reduce the shame the Tongans felt about their own, current behaviour then.
In einer Proklamation am 24. August 1887 bestimmte König George Tupou I. , dass Tonga zwischen 15° und 23,5° südlicher Breite und 173° und 177° westlicher Länge (und damit westlich der Datumsgrenze ) liegt.