Narrative and Successful Result of a Voyage in the South Seas

Postcolonial literature about the South Seas, or Nanyang, examines the history of Chinese migration, localization, and interethnic exchange in Southeast Asia, w

Table of Contents PART 1: THE MARQUESAS Chapter I—AN ISLAND LANDFALL Chapter II—MAKING FRIENDS Chapter III—THE MAROON Chapter IV—DEATH Chapter V—DEPOP

Reproduction of the original: White Shadows in the South Seas by Frederick O ́Brien

MY RECEPTION ABOARD IT WAS the middle of a bright tropical afternoon that we made good our escape from the bay. The vessel we sought lay with her main-topsail a

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing th

Entrepreneurial, spirited and ambitious, Peter Dillon (1788-1847) spent much of his life as a trader and adventurer in the Pacific region and learnt several Pac

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Cruise of the Kawa: Wanderings in the South Seas" by George S. Chappell. DigiCat Publishing cons