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CHAPTER I . ON THE PHYSICAL ASPECT OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS , AND
THE SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF THEIR INHABITANTS . Introductory Remarks on
the Extent and Importance of the Subject - The geographical Position of the ...
CHAPTER I . ON THE PHYSICAL ASPECT OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS , AND
THE SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF THEIR INHABITANTS . Introductory Remarks on
the Extent and Importance of the Subject - The geographical Position of the ...
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These several Groups have made no Progress in Civilisation or religious
Knowledge — Enjoy a good Climate , and are capable of great Improvement -
New Hebrides principally discovered by Quiros - Are in most Parts very fertile -
Inhabitants ...
These several Groups have made no Progress in Civilisation or religious
Knowledge — Enjoy a good Climate , and are capable of great Improvement -
New Hebrides principally discovered by Quiros - Are in most Parts very fertile -
Inhabitants ...
Side 31
The next question which naturally presents itself to the consideration of a
philosophical inquirer is that which respects the origin and character of the
inhabitants of the South Sea Islands . In the first place , it is clearly ascertained
that there are ...
The next question which naturally presents itself to the consideration of a
philosophical inquirer is that which respects the origin and character of the
inhabitants of the South Sea Islands . In the first place , it is clearly ascertained
that there are ...
Side 32
As to the difficulties which must have attended the passage of the first inhabitants
from the American continent to the most eastern of the islands in the Pacific ,
these , it is asserted , are not greater than would necessarily oppose the
migration ...
As to the difficulties which must have attended the passage of the first inhabitants
from the American continent to the most eastern of the islands in the Pacific ,
these , it is asserted , are not greater than would necessarily oppose the
migration ...
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These several Groups have made no Progress in Civilisation or religious
Knowledge , Enjoy a good Climate , and are capable of great Improvement - New
Hebrides principally discovered by Quiros - Are in most Parts very fertile -
Inhabitants ...
These several Groups have made no Progress in Civilisation or religious
Knowledge , Enjoy a good Climate , and are capable of great Improvement - New
Hebrides principally discovered by Quiros - Are in most Parts very fertile -
Inhabitants ...
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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 |