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 64
... remained under the protection of the chief of Somu - somu for three years , in gratitude for which he made over to him all the windward islands , viz .: Lakemba , Naiau , & c . During all this period , Tanoa was carrying on a sort of ...
... remained under the protection of the chief of Somu - somu for three years , in gratitude for which he made over to him all the windward islands , viz .: Lakemba , Naiau , & c . During all this period , Tanoa was carrying on a sort of ...
Strana 104
... remained on board . On the following morning , ( Sunday , ) Vendovi came off , saying that the young chief was very sick , and he wanted the captain to come to the biche de mar house , where he said he was , to give him some medicine ...
... remained on board . On the following morning , ( Sunday , ) Vendovi came off , saying that the young chief was very sick , and he wanted the captain to come to the biche de mar house , where he said he was , to give him some medicine ...
Strana 268
... remained . On landing they found no more than two pigs tied to a tree for sale , instead of the four they had been promised as presents . These the natives declined selling until the chief , who was out upon the reef fishing , should ...
... remained . On landing they found no more than two pigs tied to a tree for sale , instead of the four they had been promised as presents . These the natives declined selling until the chief , who was out upon the reef fishing , should ...
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ambati Ambau anchorage anchored appearance arrival biche de mar boats brig Bulotu called canoe Captain Hudson ceremony CHARLES WILKES chief cocoa-nut coral crew custom desirous despatched feast Feejee Group feet fire Flying-Fish ground harbour heathen hundred inhabitants island Kantavu killed King George Lakemba land Lieutenant Alden Lieutenant Emmons Lieutenant Underwood Lieutenant-Commandant Ringgold Malolo Mbenga Mbua mbure miles missionaries morning Moturiki musket Muthuata Nairai Naitasiri natives Ndengei Ngaraningiou night Nukualofa Oahu observations obtained officers Ovolau Paddy party passage Passed Midshipman Peacock Phillips Porpoise present priest reached received reef residence Rewa Rotuma sail savage seen sennit sent Seru shore side Somu-somu soon survey Tanoa tapa taro tender thing told Tonga Tongese took town trees Tubou Tui Levuka Vanua-levu Vavao Vendovi Verata vessel village Vincennes Vitilevu Whippy wind wives women yams