A Visit to the South Seas in the United States' Ship Vincennes, During the Years 1829 and 1830: Including Scenes in Brazil, Peru, Manilla, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena, Том 1H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1832 |
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... Letters contained in these Volumes are drawn , was filled up and transmitted to the person to whom they are addressed . A thought of making the contents public was never entertained by me , till the cruise in the South Seas was in part ...
... Letters contained in these Volumes are drawn , was filled up and transmitted to the person to whom they are addressed . A thought of making the contents public was never entertained by me , till the cruise in the South Seas was in part ...
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... Letter from Rio de Janeiro , on the character of the late Honourable William Tudor , has been amplified as a biographical sketch , since I have been called , with his family and country , to lament his death . Incidents accompanying his ...
... Letter from Rio de Janeiro , on the character of the late Honourable William Tudor , has been amplified as a biographical sketch , since I have been called , with his family and country , to lament his death . Incidents accompanying his ...
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... Letter referring to the religious classes , ceremonies , & c . , of these islanders ; and also , for facts of a similar nature , occasionally interspersed , which are not stated as passing under my own immediate observation . The ...
... Letter referring to the religious classes , ceremonies , & c . , of these islanders ; and also , for facts of a similar nature , occasionally interspersed , which are not stated as passing under my own immediate observation . The ...
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... letters from the Sandwich Islands , in which an allusion is made to M. Von Kotzebue's " New Voyage Round the World , " it is proper to state , has been ap- pended , from considerations that will be manifest in the perusal , to the facts ...
... letters from the Sandwich Islands , in which an allusion is made to M. Von Kotzebue's " New Voyage Round the World , " it is proper to state , has been ap- pended , from considerations that will be manifest in the perusal , to the facts ...
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... appearance - the presentation of correct views , and the excitement of just feel- ings towards " the Isles of thE SEA " -be alto- gether defeated . NEW YORK , JUNE 8th , 1831 . CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME . Page LETTER I. TO.
... appearance - the presentation of correct views , and the excitement of just feel- ings towards " the Isles of thE SEA " -be alto- gether defeated . NEW YORK , JUNE 8th , 1831 . CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME . Page LETTER I. TO.
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admiration anchor appearance Aracaty Atuas beach beautiful boat Botafogo bread-fruit Callao canoe Captain Finch centre character chief civil closely cloth cocoa-nut Commodore Thompson crew dark dear H deck distance door dress emperor entrance exhibited feet females Flamengo front glen ground groves Guerriere Haapé habitations hand Hapas harbour head hills hundred kind land LETTER light Lima lofty manner mantle ment midshipman miles Moana morning mountains native neat neral ness night Nukuhiva o'clock officers ornaments palace party passing persons Peru Piaroro present principal residence rich Rio de Janeiro rude sail Sandwich Islands scarce scene scenery seated seemed seen shore side sight Society Islands stone street tabu Tahua Taiohae Taipiis tapa Taua throne tion tribe Tudor U. S. Ship Uapou valley Valparaiso various Vincennes walls WASHINGTON ISLANDS whole wild
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