A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, the Endeavor Faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson. Draughstman to Sir Joseph Banks, bart. in his expedition with Dr. Solander round the world ... To which is now added, remarks on the preface / by the late John Fothergill ... and an appendix, containing an account of the voyages of Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, Monsieur Bougainville, Captain Cook, and Captain Clerke.

An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: drawn up from the journals kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Sir Joseph Banks, Bart / By John Hawkesworth ... Illustrated with cuts and charts, relative to countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known.

A missionary voyage to the southern Pacific Ocean, performed in the years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the ship Duff, commanded by Captain James Wilson. Compiled from journals of the officers and the missionaries [chiefly by W. Wilson]. And illustrated with maps, charts, and views, drawn by Mr. William Wilson, and engraved by the most eminent artists : with a preliminary discourse on the geography and history of the South Sea Islands, and an appendix, including details never before published, of the natural and civil state of Otaheite / by a committee appointed for the purpose by the directory of the Missionary Society ; published for the benefit of the Society.

Workers harvesting sago in a tropical wooded glade with a bilimbi tree, a sago palm, a durian tree and a pepper plant. Engraving, c. 1777.

An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavor, drawn up from the journals kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq / By John Hawkesworth ... ; illustrated with cuts and a great variety of charts and maps relative to countries now first discovered or hitherto but imperfectly known.

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"This book details the personal experiences of people in Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu, the majority of whom contracted leprosy as children. Topics covered include the exact nature of the diagnosis, removal from one's family, the experience of isolation, and the reaction of family and villages upon the individual's return to community life"--Provided by publisher.

x, 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Leprosy and stigma in the South Pacific : a region-by-region history with first person accounts / Dorothy McMenamin.

Lettering on front cover: "South Sea islands & New Zealand"
Ethnographic photographs of people, activities, houses, boats, and environment. Places include: Tonga, Rarotonga, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Stewart Islands, Samoa

1 photograph album (12 leaves, 48 photographs) : photographs, albumen prints ; mounts 41.7 x 30 cm

South Pacific islands. Album of photographs, ca. 190- (?).

Representing the South Pacific : colonial discourse from Cook to Gauguin / Rod Edmond.

Drawings from Captain Cook's voyages : [catalogue of] an unrecorded collection of fourteen ethnographical and natural history drawings relating to the second and third voyages [exhibited in the gallery of Hartnoll & Eyre Ltd.], 13th September to 1st October 1976.

xxiii, 212 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves (last blank) : plates, frontispiece (portraits), map ; (4to)

A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, the Endeavour / Faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson. Draughtsman to Joseph Banks, Esq. on his late expedition, with Dr. Solander, round the world.

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Leprosy and stigma in the South Pacific : a region-by-region history with first person accounts / Dorothy McMenamin.

South Pacific islands. Album of photographs, ca. 190- (?).

Representing the South Pacific : colonial discourse from Cook to Gauguin / Rod Edmond.

Drawings from Captain Cook's voyages : [catalogue of] an unrecorded collection of fourteen ethnographical and natural history drawings relating to the second and third voyages [exhibited in the gallery of Hartnoll & Eyre Ltd.], 13th September to 1st October 1976.

A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, the Endeavour / Faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson. Draughtsman to Joseph Banks, Esq. on his late expedition, with Dr. Solander, round the world.

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Leprosy and stigma in the South Pacific : a region-by-region history with first person accounts / Dorothy McMenamin.

South Pacific islands. Album of photographs, ca. 190- (?).

Representing the South Pacific : colonial discourse from Cook to Gauguin / Rod Edmond.

Drawings from Captain Cook's voyages : [catalogue of] an unrecorded collection of fourteen ethnographical and natural history drawings relating to the second and third voyages [exhibited in the gallery of Hartnoll & Eyre Ltd.], 13th September to 1st October 1976.

A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, the Endeavour / Faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson. Draughtsman to Joseph Banks, Esq. on his late expedition, with Dr. Solander, round the world.

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