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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Strana 85
... killing a neighbouring chief . During the night he had occasion to leave the house , and his superstition led him to believe that he saw the ghost of his victim , at which he threw his club , and , as he asserted , killed it . Returning ...
... killing a neighbouring chief . During the night he had occasion to leave the house , and his superstition led him to believe that he saw the ghost of his victim , at which he threw his club , and , as he asserted , killed it . Returning ...
Strana 361
... kill him , and offered him assistance , which he gladly accepted . In the night they landed at Muthuata , and , with the king's party , killed Gingi and about ninety of his followers . When this massacre was finished , the Ambau people ...
... kill him , and offered him assistance , which he gladly accepted . In the night they landed at Muthuata , and , with the king's party , killed Gingi and about ninety of his followers . When this massacre was finished , the Ambau people ...
Strana 437
... killed him . Why did you kill him ? Because I was afraid he would steal all our property . It was my determination to kill him outright . The woman fetched Tui and told him to follow Tagi , for he intended to kill the white man . He ran ...
... killed him . Why did you kill him ? Because I was afraid he would steal all our property . It was my determination to kill him outright . The woman fetched Tui and told him to follow Tagi , for he intended to kill the white man . He ran ...
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