In the south seas / Robert Louis Stevenson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, Scottish--19th century--Biography.

Authors, Scottish.

East and West.

Oceania--Civilization--Foreign influences.

Oceania.

Oceania--Description and travel.

Oceania--Discovery and exploration--American.

Oceania--Discovery and exploration--European.

Oceania--History--Sources.

Oceania--Social life and customs.

Polynesia--Description and travel.

Polynesia.

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894--Travel--Polynesia.

Stevenson, Robert Louis.

Travelers' writings, American.

Travelers' writings, European.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (444 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Auckland : The Floating Press, 1908.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the South Seas is a collection of Robert Louis Stevenson's articles and essays on his travels in the Pacific. In his words: ""For nearly ten years my health had been declining; and for some while before I set forth upon my voyage, I believed I was come to the afterpiece of life, and had only the nurse and undertaker to expect. It was suggested that I should try the South Seas; and I was not unwilling to visit like a ghost, and be carried like a bale...

Contents:

Title; Contents; PART I THE MARQUESAS; Chapter I An Island Landfall; Chapter II Making Friends; Chapter III The Maroon; Chapter IV Death; Chapter V Depopulation; Chapter VI Chiefs and Tapus; Chapter VII Hatiheu; Chapter VIII The Port of Entry; Chapter IX The House of Temoana; Chapter X A Portrait and a Story; Chapter XI Long-Pig-A Cannibal High Place; Chapter XII The Story of a Plantation; Chapter XIII Characters; Chapter XIV In a Cannibal Valley; Chapter XV The Two Chiefs of Atuona; PART II THE PAUMOTUS; Chapter I The Dangerous Archipelago-Atolls at a Distance

Chapter II Fakarava: An Atoll at Hand Chapter III A House to Let in a Low Island; Chapter IV Traits and Sects in the Paumotus; Chapter V A Paumotuan Funeral; Chapter VI Graveyard Stories; PART III THE GILBERTS; Chapter I Butaritari; Chapter II The Four Brothers; Chapter III Around Our House; Chapter IV A Tale of a Tapu; Chapter V A Tale of a Tapu- Continued; Chapter VI The Five Days' Festival; Chapter VII Husband and Wife; PART IV THE GILBERTS- APEMAMA; Chapter I The King of Apemama: The Royal Trader; Chapter II The King of Apemama: Foundation of Equator Town

Chapter III The King of Apemama: The Palace of Many Women Chapter IV The King of Apemama: Equator Town and the Palace; Chapter V King and Commons; Chapter VI The King of Apemama: Devil-Work; Chapter VII The King of Apemama

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-77556-701-X

OCLC:

437116927