Quest and Occupation of Tahiti by Emissaries of Spain during the Years 1772-1776 : Told in Despatches and other Contemporary Documents. Volume III.
Corney, Bolton Glanvill.
Quest and Occupation of Tahiti by Emissaries of Spain during the Years 1772-1776 : Told in Despatches and other Contemporary Documents. Volume III. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (332 pages) - Hakluyt Society, Second Series ; v.43 . - Hakluyt Society, Second Series .
COVER -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF PLATES AND CHART -- Plate 1 -- Plate 2 -- Plate 3 -- Plate 4 -- Plate 5 -- Plate 6 -- Plate 7 -- Chart -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE LIST -- CORRIGENDA -- SOME ACCOUNT OF MAXIMO RODRIGUEZ AND HIS DIARY: AND THE MYSTIC BOWL OF MARAE TAPUTAPUATEA -- DESCRIPTION OF PLATES AND CHART -- THE DIARY OF MAXIMO RODRIGUEZ -- A DESPATCH (No. 92) FROM THE VICEROY OF PERU TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE INDIES, SUBMITTING A MEMORIAL FROM DON MAXIMO RODRIGUEZ, AND A COPY OF HIS DIARY, FOR THE KING -- THE MEMORIAL -- A DRAFT AND A NOTE RELATING (i) TO THE DELIVERY OF CADIZ OF THE MYSTIC BOWL, AND (ii) THE ISSUE OF A SUB-LIEUTENANT'S COMMISSION FOR TRANSMISSION TO DON MAXIMO RODRIGUEZ IN RECOGNITION OF HIS PAST SERVICES AND MERIT -- EDITORIAL NOTE -- EDITORIAL POSTSCRIPT -- SUPPLEMENTARY PAPERS -- XV. Excerpt from the CALCUTTA GAZETTE (and SUPPLEMENT), no.596, Vol.XII, anno 1826 -- XVI. Excerpts from "POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES," BY WILLIAM ELLIS (missionary) -- a) On Archery Tournaments -- b) On Cock-fighting -- c) Preservation of the bodies of deceased Chiefs -- d) The Heva, or chief mourner's garb -- XVII. Extracts from a monograph on TAHITIAN SOCIETY at the time of its earliest contact with EUROPEAN INFLUENCES: by the late M. EMILE DE BOVIS -- a) The Marae -- b) Staff and personnel of the Marae -- c) The Arch-priest -- d) Priests -- e) The Orero, orator of haranguer -- f) The Oripo or Haera-po, stroller by night -- g) Bearers of idols and emblems -- h) Inspired seers or prophets -- i) Ceremonial -- j) Dances -- XVIII. Extracts from "VOYAGES AUX ILES DU GRAND OCEAN": par J-.A. Moerenhout -- a) On Archery Tournaments -- b) On Cock-fighting -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX OF PERSONAL AND PLACE NAMES -- A -- B -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V.
9781409416494
Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)--History.
Electronic books.
DU870.Q843 2010
Quest and Occupation of Tahiti by Emissaries of Spain during the Years 1772-1776 : Told in Despatches and other Contemporary Documents. Volume III. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (332 pages) - Hakluyt Society, Second Series ; v.43 . - Hakluyt Society, Second Series .
COVER -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF PLATES AND CHART -- Plate 1 -- Plate 2 -- Plate 3 -- Plate 4 -- Plate 5 -- Plate 6 -- Plate 7 -- Chart -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE LIST -- CORRIGENDA -- SOME ACCOUNT OF MAXIMO RODRIGUEZ AND HIS DIARY: AND THE MYSTIC BOWL OF MARAE TAPUTAPUATEA -- DESCRIPTION OF PLATES AND CHART -- THE DIARY OF MAXIMO RODRIGUEZ -- A DESPATCH (No. 92) FROM THE VICEROY OF PERU TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE INDIES, SUBMITTING A MEMORIAL FROM DON MAXIMO RODRIGUEZ, AND A COPY OF HIS DIARY, FOR THE KING -- THE MEMORIAL -- A DRAFT AND A NOTE RELATING (i) TO THE DELIVERY OF CADIZ OF THE MYSTIC BOWL, AND (ii) THE ISSUE OF A SUB-LIEUTENANT'S COMMISSION FOR TRANSMISSION TO DON MAXIMO RODRIGUEZ IN RECOGNITION OF HIS PAST SERVICES AND MERIT -- EDITORIAL NOTE -- EDITORIAL POSTSCRIPT -- SUPPLEMENTARY PAPERS -- XV. Excerpt from the CALCUTTA GAZETTE (and SUPPLEMENT), no.596, Vol.XII, anno 1826 -- XVI. Excerpts from "POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES," BY WILLIAM ELLIS (missionary) -- a) On Archery Tournaments -- b) On Cock-fighting -- c) Preservation of the bodies of deceased Chiefs -- d) The Heva, or chief mourner's garb -- XVII. Extracts from a monograph on TAHITIAN SOCIETY at the time of its earliest contact with EUROPEAN INFLUENCES: by the late M. EMILE DE BOVIS -- a) The Marae -- b) Staff and personnel of the Marae -- c) The Arch-priest -- d) Priests -- e) The Orero, orator of haranguer -- f) The Oripo or Haera-po, stroller by night -- g) Bearers of idols and emblems -- h) Inspired seers or prophets -- i) Ceremonial -- j) Dances -- XVIII. Extracts from "VOYAGES AUX ILES DU GRAND OCEAN": par J-.A. Moerenhout -- a) On Archery Tournaments -- b) On Cock-fighting -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX OF PERSONAL AND PLACE NAMES -- A -- B -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V.
9781409416494
Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)--History.
Electronic books.
DU870.Q843 2010