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Tahiti : the island paradise

documentary heritage
  • Description

    ôIn writing this little bock I have made free use of the "Memoirs of Arrii Taimai E., Marama of Eimeo, Terii rere of Tooarai, Terii nui of Tahiti, Tauraatua I Amo" (Paris, 1901). The authoress was the mother of Tati, one of the most influential present chiefs of Tahiti, and, as her several titles show, she was of noble birth. She was an eye-witness of many of the most stirring political events in the history of the island.

    Only fifty copies of this book were printed and only three remained in possession of her son. He was kind enough to give me one of them, which, after making liberal use of it, I presented to the library of the University of Chicago, through its late lamented president, Dr. W. R. Harper. I also acknowledge my in-debtedness to the works of Captain Cook, "A Voyage to the Pacific" (London, 1784), and to the book of Baron Ferd. von Mueller, "Select Extra-tropical Plants" (Melbourne, 1885). ô-- Preface.

  • Place
    Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Other Id

    DU870 SEN (Library of Congress Call Number)

    48472 (Cat ID)

    111182 (DBTextworks system ID)

    42732 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    Tahiti : the island paradise
  • Primary Maker

     Nicholas Senn (Author)

  • Contributor/Publisher
    W. B. Conkey Company
  • Place
    Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Date
    1906?
  • Physical Description

    254 pages, 51 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 19 cm

  • Language
    English
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Public Access Text

    Black mottled leather binding, with title and author details in gilt on front board. Gilt border and gilt text block edges. Blue fleur-de-lis endpapers, decorative deign in gilt on inside covers.

  • Associated Notes

    https://archive.org/details/tahitiislandpara00sennrich

    Digitised copy available to read online via the Internet Archive (accessed 24/11/2021)

  • Collection Type
    Reserve Collection
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    16 Dec 2023
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