The quest and occupation of Tahiti by emissaries of Spain during the years 1772-1776 : told in despatches and other contemporary documents. Volume III /

The quest and occupation of Tahiti by emissaries of Spain during the years 1772-1776 : told in despatches and other contemporary documents. Volume III /

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Imprint:Surrey : Ashgate, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (xlix, 271 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Language:English
Series:Hakluyt Society, Second Series ; v. 43
Hakluyt Society, Second Series.
Subject:
Discoveries in geography.
Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- History.
Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- Discovery and exploration.
French Polynesia -- Tahiti (Island)
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11256299
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Other authors / contributors:Corney, Bolton Glanvill, 1851-1924.
ISBN:9781409416494
1409416496
1409414108
9781409414100
9781409414100
1283089793
9781283089791
9786613089793
6613089796
Notes:English.
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Other form:Print version: Corney, Bolton Glanvill. Quest and Occupation of Tahiti by Emissaries of Spain during the Years 1772-1776 : Told in Despatches and other Contemporary Documents. Volume III. Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, ©2011 9781409414100
Table of Contents:
  • COVER; Plate 1; CONTENTS; LIST OF PLATES AND CHART; BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE LIST; CORRIGENDA; SOME ACCOUNT OF MAXIMO RODRIGUEZ AND HIS DIARY: AND THE MYSTIC BOWL OF MARAE TAPUTAPUATEA; Plate 2; DESCRIPTION OF PLATES AND CHART; THE DIARY OF MAXIMO RODRIGUEZ; Plate 3; Plate 4; Plate 5; Plate 6; A DESPATCH (No. 92) FROM THE VICEROY OF PERU TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE INDIES, SUBMITTING A MEMORIAL FROM DON MAXIMO RODRIGUEZ, AND A COPY OF HIS DIARY, FOR THE KING; THE MEMORIAL.
  • A DRAFT AND A NOTE RELATING (i) TO THE DELIVERY OF CADIZ OF THE MYSTIC BOWL, AND (ii) THE ISSUE OF A SUB-LIEUTENANT'S COMMISSION FOR TRANSMISSION TO DON MAXIMO RODRIGUEZ IN RECOGNITION OF HIS PAST SERVICES AND MERITEDITORIAL NOTE; EDITORIAL POSTSCRIPT; SUPPLEMENTARY PAPERS; XV. Excerpt from the CALCUTTA GAZETTE (and SUPPLEMENT), no.596, Vol. XII, anno 1826; XVI. Excerpts from ""POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES, "" BY WILLIAM ELLIS (missionary); a) On Archery Tournaments; b) On Cock-fighting; c) Preservation of the bodies of deceased Chiefs; d) The Heva, or chief mourner's garb; Plate 7.
  • XVII. Extracts from a monograph on TAHITIAN SOCIETY at the time of its earliest contact with EUROPEAN INFLUENCES: by the late M. EMILE DE BOVISa) The Marae; b) Staff and personnel of the Marae; c) The Arch-priest; d) Priests; e) The Orero, orator of haranguer; f) The Oripo or Haera-po, stroller by night; g) Bearers of idols and emblems; h) Inspired seers or prophets; i) Ceremonial; j) Dances; XVIII. Extracts from ""VOYAGES AUX ILES DU GRAND OCEAN"": par J-.A. Moerenhout; a) On Archery Tournaments; b) On Cock-fighting; GLOSSARY; INDEX OF PERSONAL AND PLACE NAMES; A; B; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N.
  • OP; R; S; T; V; Chart.

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