Polynesia, Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New Zealand |
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Side 9
... on the most approved principle , and presents to the reader , in a very intelligible form , the discoveries of all the recent voyagers in that vast expanse of ocean which stretches from Australia to the western shores of America .
... on the most approved principle , and presents to the reader , in a very intelligible form , the discoveries of all the recent voyagers in that vast expanse of ocean which stretches from Australia to the western shores of America .
Side 11
... Barbarians - South America and Africa ~ First Efforts at Otaheite fruitless - Remarks of Kotzebue - Similar Opinions adopted by the Literary Journals — Benefits conferred by Means of Christian Missions — Abolition of Infanticide and ...
... Barbarians - South America and Africa ~ First Efforts at Otaheite fruitless - Remarks of Kotzebue - Similar Opinions adopted by the Literary Journals — Benefits conferred by Means of Christian Missions — Abolition of Infanticide and ...
Side 14
Sandwich Islands discovered by Captain Cook - Visited by La Perouse - Their geographical Position and Extent - Enterprise of the Chiefs – Seizure of an American Schooner - State in which Vancouver found the Natives — Rise of Tamehameha ...
Sandwich Islands discovered by Captain Cook - Visited by La Perouse - Their geographical Position and Extent - Enterprise of the Chiefs – Seizure of an American Schooner - State in which Vancouver found the Natives — Rise of Tamehameha ...
Side 15
Character of Tamehameha as a Reformer - Missionaries sent from America — Notice of Obookiah — The Way paved for Christianity by Rihoriho the young King - Taboo explained — Its Abolition - Supposed Motives of the Sovereign - The People ...
Character of Tamehameha as a Reformer - Missionaries sent from America — Notice of Obookiah — The Way paved for Christianity by Rihoriho the young King - Taboo explained — Its Abolition - Supposed Motives of the Sovereign - The People ...
Side 18
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 spreading out before him towards the noonday sun ...
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 spreading out before him towards the noonday sun ...
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already American appear arrived arts attended authority body called Captain carried cause character chiefs christian civilized communicated considerable continued Cook death desire direction discovered doubt effect English established European extend faith favourable feeling followed give gospel ground habits hand human hundred important improvement increase individuals influence inhabitants instruction interesting islands king knowledge known labours land language less live manner means mentioned mind mission missionaries natives nature Navigators nearly object observed occasion once origin Otaheite Pacific period persons Polynesian possession present principles produced reason received reference regard religion remarks residence respect Sandwich Sandwich Islands savage seemed ship shore similar Society soon South Sea spirit success supplied taken teachers thing thousand tion tribes vessel visited Voyage whole worship Zealand
Bibliografiske oplysninger
| Titel | Polynesia, Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New Zealand Bind 33 af Edinburgh cabinet library |
| Forfatter | Michael Russell |
| Udgave | 5 |
| Udgiver | Oliver & Boyd, 1842 |
| Oprindeligt fra | Harvard University |
| Digitaliseret | 14. mar 2008 |
| Længde | 440 sider |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |