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Pacific paradises : the discovery of Tahiti and Hawaii / Trevor Lummis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lummis, Trevor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discoveries in geography.
- Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)--History.
- Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island).
- Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)--Discovery and exploration.
- Hawaii--History.
- Hawaii.
- History.
- Hawaii--Discovery and exploration.
- Physical Description:
- 212 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stroud : Sutton Publishing, 2005.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Discovery and Exploration
- 1 Paradise Unveiled 3
- 2 The Polynesian Pacific 15
- 3 Expanding their Minds 23
- 4 Tahiti: Sailors and Scientists 29
- Part 2 Captain Cook and the Consequences
- 5 Return to Tahiti 41
- 6 Tahiti and the Tahitians 51
- 7 Hawaii and the Death of Captain Cook 65
- 8 British Hawaii and the Early Adventurers 77
- 9 The Traders 87
- 10 The Bear and the Eagle 94
- 11 Hawaii and the Hawaiians 102
- 12 European Interlude 115
- Part 3 Christians and Colonies
- 13 The First Missionaries 129
- 14 All at Sea 139
- 15 Holy War 144
- 16 The Inspectors 151
- 17 The Last Pagans 161
- 18 Hawaiian Eclipse 167
- 19 Tahitians Defeated 177
- 20 Reflections 187.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [202]-205) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0750938935
- OCLC:
- 57354335
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