Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
History of the Otaheitean islands from their first discovery to the present time : including an account of the institutions, government, manners, customs, religion, & ceremonies, of the people inhabiting the Society, the Friendly Islands, and the Marquesas. With an historical sketch of the Sandwich islands. To which is added, an account of a mission to the Pacific ocean, in the years 1796, 97, 98
Other Name
Otaheitean Islands (Alternate title)
Contributor/Publisher
Printed by T. Maccliesh and Co. for Ogle & Aikman, Edinburgh, M. Ogle, Glasgow and R. Ogle, London
Place
Date
1800?
Physical Description
300 pages : illustration ; 18 cm
Language
English
Collection
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Related Object Notes
MS-2000-5 Catalogue of the Mackelvie Collection of Books and Pamphlets
MUS-1995-38-86 Museum correspondence û Mackelvie, James Tannock
N5297 CAT Catalogue of the Mackelvie Collection for Auckland, New Zealand
Subject Category
Content
Otaheitean Islands
Introduction
Ch. I. Original discovery
Ch. II. Discovery of the neighbouring islands
Ch. III. Tongataboo and the connected islands
Ch. IV. The Marquesas
Ch. V. General aspect, climate, productions,
Ch. VI. Of the inhabitants
Ch. VII. Dwellings, manufactures, and agriculture
Ch. VIII. Of the peculiar customs
Ch. IX. The same subject continued
Ch. X. Of the amusements
Ch. XI. The arts and sciences - diseases
Ch. XII. Government, orders in society, &c.
Ch. XIII. Religious system of the Southern Islands
Ch. XIV. The same subject continued
Sandwich Islands
Ch. I. Discovery and subsequent visits to the Sandwich Islands
Ch. II. Geographical description of the group
Ch. III. Of the people inhabiting the Sandwich Islands
Ch. IV. Their agriculture, manufactures, & arts
Ch. V. Manners and customs, ceremonies, and religious rites
Ch. VI. War, government, civil distinctions, &c.
Ch. VII. Reflections on the state of civilization and improvement in the islands of the Pacific ocean
Mission to Otaheite
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) - Description and travel; Tonga - Description and travel; Polynesia - Description and travel]
Engraved frontispiece plate depicts Matavai Bay in Tahiti. Includes errata. AWMM Library copy: Quarter leather binding, with marbled boards. Five raised bands on spine, with spine title: Otaheitean Islands.
Associated Notes
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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