In the South Seas : : Being an Account of Experiences and Observations in The Marquesas, Paumotus and Gilbert Islands in the Course of Two Cruises, on the Yacht 'Casco' (1888) and the Schooner 'Equator' (1889) /

In the South Seas : : Being an Account of Experiences and Observations in The Marquesas, Paumotus and Gilbert Islands in the Course of Two Cruises, on the Yacht 'Casco' (1888) and the Schooner 'Equator' (1889) / / Robert Louis Stevenson.

“In the South Seas, being an account of experiences and observations in the Marquesas, Paumotos [Tuamotus] and Gilbert Islands in the course of two cruises, on the yacht ‘Casco’ (1888) and the schooner ‘Equator’ (1889),” is the full title of Robert Louis Stevenson’s record of his visit to the South...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Stevenson, Robert Louis,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021]
©1971
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Pacific Classics
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Physical Description:1 online resource (252 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PART I : THE MARQUESAS
  • I. AN ISLAND LANDFALL
  • II. MAKING FRIENDS
  • III. THE MAROON
  • IV. DEATH
  • V. DEPOPULATION
  • VI. CHIEFS AND TAP US
  • VII. HATIHEU
  • VIII. THE PORT OF ENTRY
  • IX. THE HOUSE OF TEMOANA
  • X. A PORTRAIT AND A STORY
  • XI. LONG PIG—A CANNIBAL HIGH PLACE
  • XII. THE STORY OF A PLANTATION
  • XIII. CHARACTERS
  • XIV. IN A CANNIBAL VALLEY
  • XV. THE TWO CHIEFS OF ATUONA
  • PART II : THE PAUMOTUS
  • I. THE DANGEROUS ARCHIPELAGO—ATOLLS AT A DISTANCE
  • II. FAKARAVA : AN ATOLL AT HAND
  • III. A HOUSE TO LET IN A LOW ISLAND
  • IV. TRAITS AND SECTS IN THE PAUMOTUS
  • V. A PAUMOTUAN FUNERAL
  • VI. GRAVEYARD STORIES
  • PART III: THE GILBERTS
  • I. BUTARITARI
  • II. THE FOUR BROTHERS
  • III. AROUND OUR HOUSE
  • IV. A TALE OF A TAPU
  • V. A TALE OF A TAPU—continued
  • VI. THE FIVE DAYS` FESTIVAL
  • VII. HUSBAND AND WIFE
  • PART IV: THE GILBERTS — APEMAMA
  • I. THE KING OF APEMAMA : THE ROYAL TRADER
  • II. THE KING OF APEMAMA : FOUNDATION OF EQUATOR TOWN
  • III. THE KINO OF APEMAMA : THE PALACE OF MANY WOMEN
  • IV. THE KING OF APEMAMA : EQUATOR TOWN AND THE PALACE
  • V. KING AND COMMONS
  • VI. THE KING OF APEMAMA : DEVIL-WORK
  • VII. THE KING OF APEMAMA

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