Polynesia, Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1842 - 440 sider |
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Side 9
... 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 subject as ...
... 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 subject as ...
Side 30
... 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 precise mode in ...
... 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 precise mode in ...
Side 32
... mentioned 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 ,
... mentioned 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
... reasons in support of the conclusion that the Polynesians must originally have emigrated from the American continent . For example , he draws confirma- tion to his opinion from the singular circumstance that the names of places in the ...
... reasons in support of the conclusion that the Polynesians must originally have emigrated from the American continent . For example , he draws confirma- tion to his opinion from the singular circumstance that the names of places in the ...
Side 34
... reasons : -First , It implies that the inhabitants of the western coast of America were a maritime community , though , by the very nature of their country , they seem to have been at all times pre- cluded from navigation and commerce ...
... reasons : -First , It implies that the inhabitants of the western coast of America were a maritime community , though , by the very nature of their country , they seem to have been at all times pre- cluded from navigation and commerce ...
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