Polynesia: Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 440 sider |
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... knowledge of true religion and the elements of social improvement . Mercantile speculation had , indeed , been invited to the shores of Otaheite in quest of materials on which to found an intercourse beneficial to the inhabitants of ...
... knowledge of true religion and the elements of social improvement . Mercantile speculation had , indeed , been invited to the shores of Otaheite in quest of materials on which to found an intercourse beneficial to the inhabitants of ...
Side 8
... knowledge , relative to the mythology , the traditions , the laws , government , and usages of the simple people whom they have brought within the pale of revealed religion . From the same source has been gained an acquaintance with ...
... knowledge , relative to the mythology , the traditions , the laws , government , and usages of the simple people whom they have brought within the pale of revealed religion . From the same source has been gained an acquaintance with ...
Side 13
... Knowledge and Civilisation - Case of a Chief - Number of Persons in Congregations and Schools - Religion must pre- cede all other Improvements , CHAPTER VII . TONGA , FIJEE , AND NAVIGATORS ' ISLANDS . .. Page 219 Tonga or Friendly ...
... Knowledge and Civilisation - Case of a Chief - Number of Persons in Congregations and Schools - Religion must pre- cede all other Improvements , CHAPTER VII . TONGA , FIJEE , AND NAVIGATORS ' ISLANDS . .. Page 219 Tonga or Friendly ...
Side 14
... Knowledge - Enjoy a good Climate , and are capable of great Improvement - New Hebrides principally discovered by Quiros - Are in most Parts very fertile - Inhabitants of the Negro Race - Visited by Bougainville and Captain Cook -The ...
... Knowledge - Enjoy a good Climate , and are capable of great Improvement - New Hebrides principally discovered by Quiros - Are in most Parts very fertile - Inhabitants of the Negro Race - Visited by Bougainville and Captain Cook -The ...
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... knowledge and the love of re- fined enjoyment . About twenty years had elapsed from the time that Columbus discovered America , when Vasco Nunez de Balboa beheld from a mountain in the isthmus of Darien the immense expanse of the ocean ...
... knowledge and the love of re- fined enjoyment . About twenty years had elapsed from the time that Columbus discovered America , when Vasco Nunez de Balboa beheld from a mountain in the isthmus of Darien the immense expanse of the ocean ...
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afterwards appear Archipelago areois attended authority Bay of Islands brethren canoes Captain Cook ceremonies chiefs christian church Church Missionary Society civilisation civilized cloth coast colony commander coral death desire discovered divine doubt Eimeo Ellis English Erromango established European faith favourable Fijee Georgian group gods gospel ground habits heathen hence human hundred idolatry idols improvement influence inhabitants instruction intercourse Isles king knowledge labours land language less Lond Lord Byron manifest manner means ment miles mind mission Missionary Society Mitiaro nation natives Navigators object observed occasion ocean origin Otaheitan Otaheite Pacific Pacific Ocean persons Pitcairn's Island Pomare Port Jackson possession prayer present principles Raiatea Rarotonga received religion religious remarks residence respect sacred Sandwich Islands savage ship shore Society Islands soon South Sea spirit station superstition supplied teachers thousand tion Tonga tribes vessel visited Voyage whole worship Zealand