Polynesian Researches, Vol. 3

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Excerpt from Polynesian Researches, Vol. 3: During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the Society and Sandwich Islands Tahiti - Their reception of Christianity - The number and situation of the Marquesas - Their appearance and productions - Population, dress, and figure of the natives - Tattooing - Disposition - Government - War and can nibalism - Attempts to introduce Christianity among their inhabitants Pitcaim's Island - Descendants of the mutineers of the Bounty - Waihu or Easter Island - Cape Horn - Juan Fernandez - ~alexander Selkirk. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.