The Tonga book : February 1805-June 1811, the remarkable adventures of young William Mariner on a voyage around the world and his long sojourn in the islands of Tonga whereof he gives us a full account of those islands and the conduct of the lives of the inhabitants / Paul W. Dale.

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Dale, Paul W

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Mariner, William, 1791-1853. Account of the natives of the Tonga Islands in the south Pacific Ocean

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TextPublication details: Montreux [Switzerland] ; Washington [D.C.] : Minerva Press, 1996.Description: 436 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

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185863797X
9781858637976

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Summary: A reworking by the author of a portion of William Mariner's An account of the natives of the Tonga Islands, published in 1817, which changes the narrative from 3rd to 1st person, and uses modernized grammar, punctuation and spelling of geographic names; with numerous added explanations and annotations.

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Revised edition of: An account of the natives of the Tonga Islands in the south Pacific Ocean / compiled and arranged from the extensive communications of William Mariner by John Martin. 1817.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-436).

A reworking by the author of a portion of William Mariner's An account of the natives of the Tonga Islands, published in 1817, which changes the narrative from 3rd to 1st person, and uses modernized grammar, punctuation and spelling of geographic names; with numerous added explanations and annotations.