Polynesian Researches: During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands; Including Descriptions of the Natural History and Scenery of the Islands - with Remarks on the History, Mythology, Traditions, Government, Arts, Manners, and Customs of the Inhabitants, Volume 2Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1829 |
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... Islands - with Remarks on the History, Mythology, Traditions, Government, Arts, Manners, and Customs of the ... Austral Islands , " and the majority of the reigning family in Raiatea , are not darker than the inhabitants of some parts of ...
... Islands - with Remarks on the History, Mythology, Traditions, Government, Arts, Manners, and Customs of the ... Austral Islands , " and the majority of the reigning family in Raiatea , are not darker than the inhabitants of some parts of ...
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... Islands - with Remarks on the History, Mythology, Traditions, Government, Arts, Manners, and Customs of the ... Austral Islands have about 5,000 inhabitants ; 4,000 of whom reside in the islands of Rapa and Raivavai . Rarotogna , or ...
... Islands - with Remarks on the History, Mythology, Traditions, Government, Arts, Manners, and Customs of the ... Austral Islands have about 5,000 inhabitants ; 4,000 of whom reside in the islands of Rapa and Raivavai . Rarotogna , or ...
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... Islands - with Remarks on the History, Mythology, Traditions, Government, Arts, Manners, and Customs of the ... Austral Islands . This vessel had been at sea between a fortnight and three weeks , and , considering its route , must have ...
... Islands - with Remarks on the History, Mythology, Traditions, Government, Arts, Manners, and Customs of the ... Austral Islands . This vessel had been at sea between a fortnight and three weeks , and , considering its route , must have ...
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... Austral Islands , especially those of Rurutu , excel all with whom I am acquainted . Some of the pieces of cloth are thirty or forty yards square , ex- ceedingly thick , and glazed on both sides , resembling on the upper side the ...
... Austral Islands , especially those of Rurutu , excel all with whom I am acquainted . Some of the pieces of cloth are thirty or forty yards square , ex- ceedingly thick , and glazed on both sides , resembling on the upper side the ...
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... Austral Islands , are remarkable for their great length , and elegant shape , as well as for the high polish with which they are finished . The omore , or club , was another weapon used by them ; it was always made of the aito , or iron ...
... Austral Islands , are remarkable for their great length , and elegant shape , as well as for the high polish with which they are finished . The omore , or club , was another weapon used by them ; it was always made of the aito , or iron ...
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Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in ..., Volume 2 William Ellis Affichage du livre entier - 1829 |
Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in ..., Volume 2 William Ellis Affichage du livre entier - 1829 |
Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in ..., Volume 2 William Ellis Affichage du livre entier - 1829 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
appeared Areois arrived attended Austral Islands baptized Barff bark body Borabora bread-fruit called canoe Captain Captain Cook casuarina ceremony chapel chiefs Christ Christianity church circumstances cloth cocoa-nut colour connexion considered coral crime declared deities desire district Divine dress dwellings effect Eimeo erected European favour feet females fish formed formerly frequently friends furnished gods habits Huahine human human sacrifices idolatry idols individual influence inhabitants kind king labour land laws Leeward Islands magistrate marae mats ment Missionaries mountains nation natives night occasion offered parties perhaps person Polynesian Pomare Pomare III prayers present prevailed priest principal punishment raatiras Raiatea received reef regarded resembling residence Rurutu Sabbath sacred Sandwich Islands Scripture ship shore side society Society Islands sometimes South Sea Islands spear spirits station supposed Taaroa Tahaa Tahiti Tahitian tataued temple tion tradition tree usually vessel voyage wife worship