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Side 21
Viewed on a large scale , the various insular groups which may be traced
between the eastern borders of the old continents and the western shores of the
new , include a much wider range than those now mentioned , more especially if
we ...
Viewed on a large scale , the various insular groups which may be traced
between the eastern borders of the old continents and the western shores of the
new , include a much wider range than those now mentioned , more especially if
we ...
Side 45
Mention is likewise made of a third order of natives , who generally occupy the
interior and less accessible parts of the islands ... Although frequently mentioned
by such Spanish , Dutch , and English authors as have written on the more
distant ...
Mention is likewise made of a third order of natives , who generally occupy the
interior and less accessible parts of the islands ... Although frequently mentioned
by such Spanish , Dutch , and English authors as have written on the more
distant ...
Side 190
left at Santa Christina , owing to the adverse circumstances already mentioned ,
have since retired , but those at La Magdalena resolved to remain ; and though at
times surrounded by war and exposed to many perils , they refused to leave ...
left at Santa Christina , owing to the adverse circumstances already mentioned ,
have since retired , but those at La Magdalena resolved to remain ; and though at
times surrounded by war and exposed to many perils , they refused to leave ...
Side 197
Tuwarri , the person selected by the British officer as a passenger on board his
ship , met with a brother at Bow Island , where he appears to have been
employed in the pearl - fishery . An incident is here mentioned which proves in a
pleasing ...
Tuwarri , the person selected by the British officer as a passenger on board his
ship , met with a brother at Bow Island , where he appears to have been
employed in the pearl - fishery . An incident is here mentioned which proves in a
pleasing ...
Side 383
The blood - stained altar of Diana is frequently mentioned both by historians and
dramatists . Even in the Homeric age prisoners were sometimes slain on the
tombs of warriors . Octavius , at an era which boasted a high civilisation , is said
to ...
The blood - stained altar of Diana is frequently mentioned both by historians and
dramatists . Even in the Homeric age prisoners were sometimes slain on the
tombs of warriors . Octavius , at an era which boasted a high civilisation , is said
to ...
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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 |