03786nam 22006493 450 991078904530332120230322171031.01-77556-701-X(CKB)3710000000076605(EBL)432332(OCoLC)437116927(SSID)ssj0001160622(PQKBManifestationID)11684421(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001160622(PQKBWorkID)11121458(PQKB)10167637(MiAaPQ)EBC432332(EXLCZ)99371000000007660520140804d1908|||| uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIn the south seas /Robert Louis StevensonAuckland :The Floating Press,1908.1 online resource (444 pages)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 Hand Chapter 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 Women Chapter 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, Scottish19th centuryBiographyEast and WestTravelers' writings, AmericanTravelers' writings, EuropeanOceaniaCivilizationForeign influencesOceaniaDescription and travelOceaniaDiscovery and explorationAmericanOceaniaDiscovery and explorationEuropeanOceaniaHistorySourcesOceaniaSocial life and customsPolynesiaDescription and travelAuthors, ScottishEast and West.Travelers' writings, American.Travelers' writings, European.919.6919.6304Stevenson Robert Louis1850-1894.7383AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910789045303321In the South Seas72131UNINA