Polynesia: Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 440 sider |
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Side 42
... vessels as the natives at present possess . In reaching New Zealand from Tongataboo or the Fijee Islands , little difficulty would be experienced . The distance is about 1200 miles ; but if the wind happened to be from the north - east ...
... vessels as the natives at present possess . In reaching New Zealand from Tongataboo or the Fijee Islands , little difficulty would be experienced . The distance is about 1200 miles ; but if the wind happened to be from the north - east ...
Side 43
... vessels of various size and 60,000 men . * It is obvious that a people so far advanced in the art of navigation could easily accomplish a voyage to the remotest parts of the Pacific . Nay , we are informed by a recent authority , that ...
... vessels of various size and 60,000 men . * It is obvious that a people so far advanced in the art of navigation could easily accomplish a voyage to the remotest parts of the Pacific . Nay , we are informed by a recent authority , that ...
Side 50
... vessel . The rites of their mythology were also wrapped up in a veil of poetical fiction ; but as the strains employed on such occasions were equally mystical and obscure , they were discontinued as soon as the people renounced paganism ...
... vessel . The rites of their mythology were also wrapped up in a veil of poetical fiction ; but as the strains employed on such occasions were equally mystical and obscure , they were discontinued as soon as the people renounced paganism ...
Side 67
... vessel ( one without sails ) , by whom the island of Britain was repeopled . The safety which the progenitors of the human race are said to have found in caves , or the summits of the mountains , when the waters overflowed the land ...
... vessel ( one without sails ) , by whom the island of Britain was repeopled . The safety which the progenitors of the human race are said to have found in caves , or the summits of the mountains , when the waters overflowed the land ...
Side 96
... vessel sailed from Portsmouth , and on the 25th October , in the follow- ing year , arrived at Otaheite . The chief ruler of the dis- trict , named Otoo , immediately on hearing that an English ship had entered his port , sent a pig and ...
... vessel sailed from Portsmouth , and on the 25th October , in the follow- ing year , arrived at Otaheite . The chief ruler of the dis- trict , named Otoo , immediately on hearing that an English ship had entered his port , sent a pig and ...
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