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  • Ancestor Worship Among the Fijians

    (From Cannibalism to Christianity)

    Like other primitive peoples, the Fijians deified their ancestors. The father ruled the family. Each member of it turned to him for the ordering of his daily life. No scheme entered the head of the young man that did not depend upon the consent or prohibition of the head of his family. Suddenly the father died. How were his sons to rid themselves of the idea of his controlling influence that had ... Leer más

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  • The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook, with Sam Neill

    A rich, complex and engaging account of Cook's voyages across the Pacific, from actor and raconteur Sam Neill.Captain James Cook first set sail to the Pacific in 1768, just over 250 years ago. These vast waters, one third of the earth's surface, were uncharted but not unknown. A rich diversity of people and cultures navigated, traded, lived and fought here for thousands of years. Before Cook, the ... Leer más

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  • Livingstone's African Expedition of 1858-1864, Illustrated

    de A H Guernsey ...
    A short Illustrated Narrative of Dr. Livingstone's expedition and his discoveries during the trip. ... Leer más

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  • Paradise of the Pacific

    Approaching Hawaii

    de Susanna Moore ...
    The dramatic history of America's tropical paradise. ... Leer más

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  • Life with the Esquimaux 1860-1862

    de A H Guernsey ...
    An early exploration briefly describes life with the Inuit peoples during the mid nineteenth century. Illustrated. ... Leer más

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  • Napoleon of the Pacific: Kamehameha the Great

    This book is the biography of Kamehameha the Great the first King of Hawaii ... Leer más

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  • Easter Island

    Island of Enigmas

    Despite sickness in the final years of his life, Dos Passos presses on for adventure. He and his wife journey to Easter Island, where they explore the history behind the famous statues—called maois.“When I was a small boy,” Dos Passos says, “some kind person took me to the British Museum. There I saw a statue, a huge, rough, dark-gray statue with [a] long, sad, dark-gray face. The statue stared ... Leer más

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  • Islands of Destiny

    A History of Hawaii

    This is the complete history of Hawaii.It is the fast-moving narrative of an island nation whose settlement antedates the arrival of European pioneers by a thousand years, and whose destiny it was to become the fiftieth star in the flag of the United States of America. It tells how the Islanders have created a modern-day miracle through education, economic progress, and financial growth in the ... Leer más

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  • Captain's Wife

    "Gives the reader a woman's perspective on life at sea aboard a schooner when conditions under sail were uncomfortable and, at times, dangerous." — The Northern MarinerDuring the nineteenth century it became increasingly common for merchant service masters to take their wives to sea, particularly in the whaling industry, where voyages of 2–3 years were not uncommon. Reflecting the sailors ... Leer más

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  • The History of Fiji

    Of all the island groups in the outer Pacific none surpass the Fijis in their rare combination of beautiful scenery and interesting natives. The islands are upon the opposite side of the world from England, for the meridian of 180° passes through the centre of the group crossing the island of Taviuni... That dauntless old rover, Abel Jansen Tasman, discovered them in 1643 on his way from Tonga in ... Leer más

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  • The Fijians: A Study of the Decay of Custom

    de Basil Thomson ...
    The present population of the globe is believed to be about fifteen hundred millions, of which seven hundred millions are nominally progressive and eight hundred millions are stagnant under the law of custom. It is difficult to choose terms that even approach scientific accuracy in these generalizations, for, as Mr. H.G. Wells has remarked, if we use the word "civilized" the London "Hooligan" and ... Leer más

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  • The Hill Tribes of Fiji

    Originally published in 1922, this early works is a record of Forty Years intimate connection with the tribes of the Mountainous Interior of Fiji with a description of their Habits in War & Peace, Methods of Living, Characteristics Mental & Physical, From the days of Cannibalism to the present time. Illustrated throughout it will appeal greatly to any historian. Many of the earliest books, ... Leer más

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