04620nam 22008173u 450 991046437050332120210108023357.01-77556-701-X(CKB)3710000000076605(EBL)432332(OCoLC)437116927(SSID)ssj0001160622(PQKBManifestationID)11684421(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001160622(PQKBWorkID)11121458(PQKB)10167637(MiAaPQ)EBC432332(EXLCZ)99371000000007660520140804d1908|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn the South Seas[electronic resource]Auckland The Floating Press19081 online resource (444 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Title; Contents; PART I THE MARQUESAS; Chapter I An Island Landfall; Chapter II Making Friends; Chapter III The Maroon; Chapter IV Death; Chapter V Depopulation; Chapter VI Chiefs and Tapus; Chapter VII Hatiheu; Chapter VIII The Port of Entry; Chapter IX The House of Temoana; Chapter X A Portrait and a Story; Chapter XI Long-Pig-A Cannibal High Place; Chapter XII The Story of a Plantation; Chapter XIII Characters; Chapter XIV In a Cannibal Valley; Chapter XV The Two Chiefs of Atuona; PART II THE PAUMOTUS; Chapter I The Dangerous Archipelago-Atolls at a DistanceChapter II Fakarava: An Atoll at HandChapter III A House to Let in a Low Island; Chapter IV Traits and Sects in the Paumotus; Chapter V A Paumotuan Funeral; Chapter VI Graveyard Stories; PART III THE GILBERTS; Chapter I Butaritari; Chapter II The Four Brothers; Chapter III Around Our House; Chapter IV A Tale of a Tapu; Chapter V A Tale of a Tapu- Continued; Chapter VI The Five Days' Festival; Chapter VII Husband and Wife; PART IV THE GILBERTS- APEMAMA; Chapter I The King of Apemama: The Royal Trader; Chapter II The King of Apemama: Foundation of Equator TownChapter III The King of Apemama: The Palace of Many WomenChapter IV The King of Apemama: Equator Town and the Palace; Chapter V King and Commons; Chapter VI The King of Apemama: Devil-Work; Chapter VII The King of ApemamaIn the South Seas is a collection of Robert Louis Stevenson's articles and essays on his travels in the Pacific. In his words: ""For nearly ten years my health had been declining; and for some while before I set forth upon my voyage, I believed I was come to the afterpiece of life, and had only the nurse and undertaker to expect. It was suggested that I should try the South Seas; and I was not unwilling to visit like a ghost, and be carried like a bale...Authors, Scottish -- 19th century -- BiographyEast and WestOceania -- Civilization -- Foreign influencesOceania -- Description and travelOceania -- Discovery and exploration -- AmericanOceania -- Discovery and exploration -- EuropeanOceania -- History -- SourcesOceania -- Social life and customsPolynesia -- Description and travelStevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 -- Travel -- PolynesiaTravelers' writings, AmericanTravelers' writings, EuropeanHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCRegions & Countries - Australia & Pacific Islands - OceaniaHILCCElectronic books.Authors, Scottish -- 19th century -- Biography.East and West.Oceania -- Civilization -- Foreign influences.Oceania -- Description and travel.Oceania -- Discovery and exploration -- American.Oceania -- Discovery and exploration -- European.Oceania -- History -- Sources.Oceania -- Social life and customs.Polynesia -- Description and travel.Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 -- Travel -- Polynesia.Travelers' writings, American.Travelers' writings, European.History & ArchaeologyRegions & Countries - Australia & Pacific Islands - Oceania919.6919.6304Stevenson Robert Louis1850-1894.7383AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910464370503321In the South Seas72131UNINA