Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition: During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Vydání 3Lea and Blanchard, 1845 Trade or public edition of Wilkes's narrative of the expedition directed to the general reader. The expedition roved from the southern most tip of South America to the Oregon coast, through the south and north Pacific and Antarctic waters. In the course of the expedition many locations were visited: Brazil, Patagonia, Chile, Peru, Samoa, Fiji, Tahiti, Borneo, the Philippines, Singapore with extended stays at Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand. This and all eds later than 1845 appeared without an atlas. |
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... chief , a taboo is laid upon the cocoa - nuts , pigs , & c . , of a whole district . Taking off a taboo is attended with certain ceremonies . It can be done by none but a chief of high rank . Presents are brought to the priest , and a ...
... chief , a taboo is laid upon the cocoa - nuts , pigs , & c . , of a whole district . Taking off a taboo is attended with certain ceremonies . It can be done by none but a chief of high rank . Presents are brought to the priest , and a ...
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... chief , who invited them to his town ; and , as there was nothing better for them to do , they accepted the invitation . The path led over many mud - holes , which it was dan- gerous to cross , even in the daytime , as the means of ...
... chief , who invited them to his town ; and , as there was nothing better for them to do , they accepted the invitation . The path led over many mud - holes , which it was dan- gerous to cross , even in the daytime , as the means of ...
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... chief in whose town he resided . They reached that place at an early hour , and made the demand of the chief Sangapabetele . A council of the chiefs was at once assembled , when all united in the deliberate falsehood , that the murderer ...
... chief in whose town he resided . They reached that place at an early hour , and made the demand of the chief Sangapabetele . A council of the chiefs was at once assembled , when all united in the deliberate falsehood , that the murderer ...
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