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For this reason it has been resolved to defer all details on these various heads till a future occasion , when , in a separate work on Australasia , will be given , by a distinguished naturalist , a complete and systematic view of the ...
For this reason it has been resolved to defer all details on these various heads till a future occasion , when , in a separate work on Australasia , will be given , by a distinguished naturalist , a complete and systematic view of the ...
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There is reason to doubt whether the process be quite so rapid as these remarks might seem to establish . The period of observation has not yet been sufficiently extended to afford ground for any conclusions as to the rate or the ...
There is reason to doubt whether the process be quite so rapid as these remarks might seem to establish . The period of observation has not yet been sufficiently extended to afford ground for any conclusions as to the rate or the ...
Side 32
... of the Farther Polynesia was first colonized . Evidence of a great antiquity may be adduced in favour of both ; but Mr Ellis , no mean judge , is , for various reasons , disposed to 32 PHYSICAL ASPECT OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS ,
... of the Farther Polynesia was first colonized . Evidence of a great antiquity may be adduced in favour of both ; but Mr Ellis , no mean judge , is , for various reasons , disposed to 32 PHYSICAL ASPECT OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS ,
Side 33
judge , is , for various reasons , disposed to conclude that the Sandwich Islands were settled before the Society , the Georgian , and the Friendly , on the opposite side of the equator . Their genealogies , he remarks , extend much ...
judge , is , for various reasons , disposed to conclude that the Sandwich Islands were settled before the Society , the Georgian , and the Friendly , on the opposite side of the equator . Their genealogies , he remarks , extend much ...
Side 34
_ the progenitors of the latter tribes must have proceeded from Mexico , others pronounce such a conclusion to be inadmissible for the following reasons : —First , It implies that the inhabitants of the western coast of America were a ...
_ the progenitors of the latter tribes must have proceeded from Mexico , others pronounce such a conclusion to be inadmissible for the following reasons : —First , It implies that the inhabitants of the western coast of America were a ...
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| 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 |