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 41
... Celebes . From thence to New Guinea the distance is about 400 miles ; but there intervene the two large islands of Bessy and Ceram . The New Hebrides might next be attained by similar movements AND SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF THEIR INHABITANTS . 41.
... Celebes . From thence to New Guinea the distance is about 400 miles ; but there intervene the two large islands of Bessy and Ceram . The New Hebrides might next be attained by similar movements AND SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF THEIR INHABITANTS . 41.
Side 42
Michael Russell. The New Hebrides might next be attained by similar movements , whence the voyage to the Fijees , the Friendly , the Navigators ' , the Harvey , the Society , and all the remoter clusters might be performed even in such ...
Michael Russell. The New Hebrides might next be attained by similar movements , whence the voyage to the Fijees , the Friendly , the Navigators ' , the Harvey , the Society , and all the remoter clusters might be performed even in such ...
Side 47
... similar to that which was made a part of education in ancient Sparta , they set more value on a thing they had succeeded in stealing , though of no utility , than upon a useful article if obtained as a gift , or in the ordinary process ...
... similar to that which was made a part of education in ancient Sparta , they set more value on a thing they had succeeded in stealing , though of no utility , than upon a useful article if obtained as a gift , or in the ordinary process ...
Side 49
... similar to the instruments and edifices found among them when our ships first touched their shores , they merely establish the fact that the Polynesians were once a more powerful people than they have been since the middle of the last ...
... similar to the instruments and edifices found among them when our ships first touched their shores , they merely establish the fact that the Polynesians were once a more powerful people than they have been since the middle of the last ...
Side 51
... similar states of society in ancient Europe , the regal and sacerdotal functions were commonly united in the same individual ; the genealogy of the reigning house was piously traced back to the very origin of the tribe ; and in some of ...
... similar states of society in ancient Europe , the regal and sacerdotal functions were commonly united in the same individual ; the genealogy of the reigning house was piously traced back to the very origin of the tribe ; and in some of ...
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afterwards appear Archipelago areois arts attended authority Bay of Islands brethren canoes Captain Cook ceremonies chiefs christian church civilisation civilized cloth coast colony commander coral death desire discovered divine Eimeo Ellis English Erromango established European faith favourable Fijee Georgian group gods gospel habits heathen hence human hundred idolatry idols improvement inhabitants instruction intercourse Isles king knowledge labours land language less Lond Lord Byron manifest manner means ment miles mind mission Mitiaro murder nation natives nature Navigators object observed occasion ocean origin Otaheitan Otaheite Pacific Pacific Ocean period persons Pitcairn's Island Polynesian Pomare Port Jackson possession prayer present principles Raiatea Rarotonga received regard religion religious remarks residence respect sacred Sandwich Islands savage ship shore Society Islands soon South Sea spirit station superstition supplied teachers thousand tion Tonga tribes vessel visited Voyage whole worship Zealand