A Narrative of Four Voyages
A Narrative of Four Voyages

Author: Benjamin Morrell

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2015-09-02

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 9781341289262

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A Narrative of Four Voyages
A Narrative of Four Voyages

Author: Benjamin Morrell

Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC

Published: 2014-03-29

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 9781497801882

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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1832 Edition. From The Year 1822 To 1831.

A Narrative of Four Voyages, to the South Sea, North and South Pacific Ocean, Chinese Sea, Ethiopic and Southern Atlantic Ocean Indian and Antarctic Ocean, From the Year 1822 to 1831
A Narrative of Four Voyages, to the South Sea, North and South Pacific Ocean, Chinese Sea, Ethiopic and Southern Atlantic Ocean Indian and Antarctic Ocean, From the Year 1822 to 1831

Author: Benjamin Morrell

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-06-14

Total Pages: 498

ISBN-13: 9780282459109

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Excerpt from A Narrative of Four Voyages, to the South Sea, North and South Pacific Ocean, Chinese Sea, Ethiopic and Southern Atlantic Ocean Indian and Antarctic Ocean, From the Year 1822 to 1831: Comprising Critical Surveys of Coasts and Islands, With Sailing Directions; And an Account of Some New and Valuable Discoveries, Including the Massacre Islands, Where Thirteen of the Author's Crew Were Massacred IN appearing thus before the public, and for the first time - not only as an author, but as the discoverer of countries the very existence of which was before unknown to the civilized world - the writer of the subsequent pages is aware that he is advancing claims of no ordinary character. With what degree of ability they are about to be sustained remains yet to be seen. 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.

Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles
Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles

Author: Nancy Shoemaker

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2019-11-15

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 1501740369

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Full of colorful details and engrossing stories, Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles shows that the aspirations of individual Americans to be recognized as people worthy of others' respect was a driving force in the global extension of United States influence shortly after the nation's founding. Nancy Shoemaker contends that what she calls extraterritorial Americans constituted the vanguard of a vast, early US global expansion. Using as her site of historical investigation nineteenth-century Fiji, the "cannibal isles" of American popular culture, she uncovers stories of Americans looking for opportunities to rise in social status and enhance their sense of self. Prior to British colonization in 1874, extraterritorial Americans had, she argues, as much impact on Fiji as did the British. While the American economy invested in the extraction of sandalwood and sea slugs as resources to sell in China, individuals who went to Fiji had more complicated, personal objectives. Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles considers these motivations through the lives of the three Americans who left the deepest imprint on Fiji: a runaway whaleman who settled in the islands, a sea captain's wife, and a merchant. Shoemaker's book shows how ordinary Americans living or working overseas found unusual venues where they could show themselves worthy of others' respect—others' approval, admiration, or deference.