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 91
... usual routine of affairs goes on thenceforth as usual . At Ambau a grand festival takes place at the ingathering of the fruits . This is called Batami mbulu ( the spirit below or in the earth ) . On this occasion a great feast is held ...
... usual routine of affairs goes on thenceforth as usual . At Ambau a grand festival takes place at the ingathering of the fruits . This is called Batami mbulu ( the spirit below or in the earth ) . On this occasion a great feast is held ...
Strana 113
... usual thick . thatch was in this case very neatly made . The sides of the house were of small upright reeds , set closely together . All the fastenings were of sennit , made from the husk of the cocoa - nut . Some attempts at ornament ...
... usual thick . thatch was in this case very neatly made . The sides of the house were of small upright reeds , set closely together . All the fastenings were of sennit , made from the husk of the cocoa - nut . Some attempts at ornament ...
Strana 127
... usual astonishment at every thing they saw . Their little daughter , of five or six years of age , had a sprightly countenance , and , as is usual , her head was enveloped in twisted locks . One of the officers presented her with a sash ...
... usual astonishment at every thing they saw . Their little daughter , of five or six years of age , had a sprightly countenance , and , as is usual , her head was enveloped in twisted locks . One of the officers presented her with a sash ...
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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