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The travelers' world: Europe to the Pacific

2007; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 44; Issue: 06 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.44-3423

1943-5975

Harry Liebersohn,

Island Studies and Pacific Affairs

Acknowledgments Map: The Pacific Ocean Map: Europe in 1815, after the Congress of Vienna Introduction Travelers as Ethnographers-Histories-Dimensions of a World 1. Travelers Philibert Commerson--George Forster--Adelbert von Chamisso 2. Patrons France--Great Britain--Russia--Germany 3. Collaborators Ahutoru--Tupaia, Mai, Mahine--Elliot de Castro, Marin, Kadu--Ali'i and Kings--Kingship in Tahiti: The Pomares-Kingship in Hawaii: Kamehameha 4. Philosophers Diderot and the Shock of Tahiti--Kant and George Forster--Wilhelm von Humboldt on Linguistic Diversity 5.Missions Dumont D'Urville and the Triumph of Racial Science--Sex, Speech, and Prophecy in Tahiti--Native Missionaries, New Englanders, and kapus in Hawaii--Science and Religion in Conflict 6. Darwin, Melville, and the End of a World Darwin and the More Cheerful View--Melville and the Casket Ships Conclusion Travelers as Interpreters--Travelers as Mediators Chronology Notes Select Bibliography Illustration Credits Index