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Polynesia : popular description of the physical features, inhabitants, natural history and productions of the islands of the Pacific, with account of their discovery and of the progress of civilization and Christianity amongst them / by George French Angas.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Christchurch, N.Z. : Kiwi Publishers, c2000.Edition: New editionDescription: 228 pages, [25] pages of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, 1 map ; 21 cm; xii, 436 pages, [6] pages of plates (1 folded) : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1869641043 (hbk.) :
Subject(s):
Contents:
1. Physical and geological features of Polynesia : volcanic, crystalline, islands; atolls, barrier reefs, &c. -- 2. Active volcanoes, boiling springs, and other natural phenomena -- 3. Vegetable productions : trees, fruits, and flowers -- 4. Natural history : mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, mollusks, &c. -- 5. New Zealand : the North Island -- 6. New Zealand : the Middle Island -- 7. The New Zealanders -- 8. Papua, or New Guinea, and the Louisiade archipelago -- 9. The Sandwich Islands -- 10. The Archipelago of Viti, or Fiji -- 11. The Tonga, or Friendly Islands; Niue, or Savage Island -- 12. The Navigator's, or Samoa Islands -- 13. The Society Islands; and the Paumotu or low archipelago -- 14. The Hervey, or Cook's islands, and the Austral Islands -- 15. The Marquesas, or Mendana group -- 16. New Caledonia, the Isle of Pines, and the Loyalty Islands -- 17. The New Hebrides, and the Queen Charlotte Islands -- 18. The Solomon Islands, New Britain, New Ireland, New Hanover, and the Admiralty Islands -- 19. The Caroline Archipelago, the Pelew Islands, the Marshall, and Gilbert Islands -- 20. The Kingsmill group, and other scattered islands near the equator -- 21. The Ladrones, or Marian Islands; the Bonin islands, and the Volcano islands -- 22. Easter island; Pitcairn Island; and Norfolk Island -- 23. History and progress of missionary labours in Polynesia, in connection with the Church of England; and the present state of the Church in the New Zealand colonies.
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Illustrations vary between Capper and Kiwi editions. Illustrations are also arranged differently: throughout Capper ed, at end of Kiwi ed.

Facsim. Originally published: London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1866. "Reprint" published: Christchurch, N.Z. : Capper Press, 1973.

"Published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge"--T.p. verso.

1. Physical and geological features of Polynesia : volcanic, crystalline, islands; atolls, barrier reefs, &c. -- 2. Active volcanoes, boiling springs, and other natural phenomena -- 3. Vegetable productions : trees, fruits, and flowers -- 4. Natural history : mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, mollusks, &c. -- 5. New Zealand : the North Island -- 6. New Zealand : the Middle Island -- 7. The New Zealanders -- 8. Papua, or New Guinea, and the Louisiade archipelago -- 9. The Sandwich Islands -- 10. The Archipelago of Viti, or Fiji -- 11. The Tonga, or Friendly Islands; Niue, or Savage Island -- 12. The Navigator's, or Samoa Islands -- 13. The Society Islands; and the Paumotu or low archipelago -- 14. The Hervey, or Cook's islands, and the Austral Islands -- 15. The Marquesas, or Mendana group -- 16. New Caledonia, the Isle of Pines, and the Loyalty Islands -- 17. The New Hebrides, and the Queen Charlotte Islands -- 18. The Solomon Islands, New Britain, New Ireland, New Hanover, and the Admiralty Islands -- 19. The Caroline Archipelago, the Pelew Islands, the Marshall, and Gilbert Islands -- 20. The Kingsmill group, and other scattered islands near the equator -- 21. The Ladrones, or Marian Islands; the Bonin islands, and the Volcano islands -- 22. Easter island; Pitcairn Island; and Norfolk Island -- 23. History and progress of missionary labours in Polynesia, in connection with the Church of England; and the present state of the Church in the New Zealand colonies.

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