Melanesia and the Western Polynesian Fringe (Russia and the South Pacific, 1696-1840 #3) - Barratt, Glynn R.
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This is the third of four volumes on the naval, scientific, and social activities of the Imperial Russian Navy in the South Pacific. In this book, Glynn Barratt focuses on the voyages that touched on Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides), Fiji, Tuvalu (formerly Ellice Islands), and Anuta.
As in the other books in the series, Barratt has made full use of both modern and archival sources in describing the sites and people the visitors encountered. Emphasizing the Russians' scientific work in botany, linguistics, ethnography, and hydrography rather than the voyages as such, he describes the visits by Captain Vasilii Mikhailovich Golovnin in 1809 to Tana, at the southern end of New Hebrides, and by Captain Faddei F. Bellingshausen to Ono-i-Lau, Fiji, in 1820, and the Vasil'ev-Shismarev encounters in 1820 with the Polynesians settled on the atoll of Nukufetau, Ellice Islands, and in 1822 with another isolated group of Polynesian speakers on Anuta.
The visit by Golovnin's ship Diana to Tana followed a particularl...
This is the third of four volumes on the naval, scientific, and social activities of the Imperial Russian Navy in the South Pacific. In this book, Glynn Barratt focuses on the voyages that touched on Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides), Fiji, Tuvalu (formerly Ellice Islands), and Anuta.
As in the other books in the series, Barratt has made full use of both modern and archival sources in describing the sites and people the visitors encountered. Emphasizing the Russians' scientific work in botany, linguistics, ethnography, and hydrography rather than the voyages as such, he describes the visits by Captain Vasilii Mikhailovich Golovnin in 1809 to Tana, at the southern end of New Hebrides, and by Captain Faddei F. Bellingshausen to Ono-i-Lau, Fiji, in 1820, and the Vasil'ev-Shismarev encounters in 1820 with the Polynesians settled on the atoll of Nukufetau, Ellice Islands, and in 1822 with another isolated group of Polynesian speakers on Anuta.
The visit by Golovnin's ship Diana to Tana followed a particularl...
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1990Uitgever: University of British Columbia Press247 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 077480338XISBN-13: 9780774803380Koop dit boek tweedehands
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1990, hardcover with dust jacket, good copy [Auteur: Barratt, Glynn R.] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: University of British Columbia Press] [Jaar: 1990] [Titel: Melanesia and the Western Polynesian Fringe (Russia and the South Pacific, 1696-1840 #3)]
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Volume 3 of Russia and the South Pacific 1697-1840. University of British Columbia Press: Vancouver, 1990. Cloth with dustwrapper, 23,5x15x2,5 cm, 247 pp. In very good condition. [Categorie: Travel] [Auteur: Barratt, Glynn.] [Pagina's: 247] [Jaar: 1840] [Titel: Melanesia and the Western Polynesian Fringe.]
