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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... head of a chief occupies several hours , and the hair is made to spread out from the head , on every side , to a distance that is often eight inches . The beard , which is also carefully nursed , often reaches the breast , and when a ...
... head of a chief occupies several hours , and the hair is made to spread out from the head , on every side , to a distance that is often eight inches . The beard , which is also carefully nursed , often reaches the breast , and when a ...
Strana 353
... head , giving an uncouth appearance to the boy or girl . The hair of the men is cut in various shapes . Some clip it close behind , and allow it to project in front . Others crop it short , in a band about three inches wide , passing ...
... head , giving an uncouth appearance to the boy or girl . The hair of the men is cut in various shapes . Some clip it close behind , and allow it to project in front . Others crop it short , in a band about three inches wide , passing ...
Strana 354
... heads into it , and their mops imbibe a large quantity of the liquid , so that on raising the head it courses down their cheeks , when on throwing the head from side to side it forms zigzag lines , each of which leaves its mark on the ...
... heads into it , and their mops imbibe a large quantity of the liquid , so that on raising the head it courses down their cheeks , when on throwing the head from side to side it forms zigzag lines , each of which leaves its mark on the ...
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