Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface XIII
4. Myths and Songs from the South Pacific. London: Henry S. King, 1876 1
5. Tales from Old Fiji. London: Alexander Moring, 1904. 1
6. Ancient Tahiti. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Bulletin No. 48, 1928. 2
7. Myths and Legends of the Polynesians. London: Harrap, 1929 4
8. ("Te Rangi Hiroa"). Vikings of the Sunrise. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1938. 4
9. The Ship of Flame: A Saga of the South Seas. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. 5
10. Voices on the Wind: Polynesian Myths and Chants. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1955. 7
11. Anatomy of Paradise: Hawaii and the Islands of the South Seas. New York: William Sloane, 1948 9
12. The Coral Sea. London: Museum Press, 1949; New York: Scribner, 1949. 9
13. The First Voyage Round the World by Magellan (1518-1521). Translated from the accounts of Pigafetta and other contemporary writers. Accompanied by original documents, with notes and an introduction, by Lord Stanley of Alderley. London: Hakluyt Society, First Series, LII, 1874. 10
14. The Manila Galleon. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1939, 1959. 13
15. The Discovery of the Solomon Islands by Alvaro Mendaña de Neira in 1568. 2 vol. London: Hakluyt Society, Second Series, VI, 1901. 15
16. The Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros. 2 vol. London: Hakluyt Society, Second Series, XIV, XV, 1904. 15
17. A New Voyage Round the World... London: J. Knapton, 1697. 17
18. A Cruising Voyage Round the World . . . Begun in 1708 and Finished in 1711. London: A. Bell & B. Lintot, 1712. 21
19. A Voyage Round the World by Way of the Great South Sea . . . London: J . Senex, 1726. 22
20. A Voyage Round the World in the Years 1740,1, 2, 3, 4; compiledfrom Papers and Other Materials, of the Right Honourable George Lord Anson, and Published Under His Direction by Richard Walter, M.A., Chaplain of His Majesty's Ship the "Centurion" in That Expedition. London: printed for the author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748. 24
21. The Discovery of Tahiti: a Journal of the Second Voyage of H.M.S. "Dolphin" Round the World, 1766-1768. Edited by Hugh Carrington. London: Hakluyt Society, Second Series, XCVIII, 1948 26
22. Voyage Round the World, 1766- 1769. Edited by Helen Wallis. 2 vol. London: Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Nos. CXXIV, CXXV, 1965. 28
23. Tahiti: Island of Love. London: Cassell, 1959; 3rd ed., Sydney: Pacific Publications, 1968. 30
24. The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery, edited by J. C. Beaglehole. 3 vol. and portfolio. London: Hakluyt Society, 1955, 1961, 1967. 31
25. Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World in the Years 1790- 1795 • • • 3 vol. and atlas. London: C.J. and J. Robinson, J. Edwards, 1798. 41
26. Omai: First Polynesian Ambassador to England. San Francisco: Colt Press, 1940. 43
27. An Account of the Pelew Islands Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean, Composed from the Journals of Captain Henry Wilson and Some of His Officers Who, in August, 1783, Were There Shipwrecked in the "Antelope". London: G. Nicol, 1788. 45
28. A Voyage Round the World in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788. 2 vol. Translated from the French. London: John Stockdale, 1798. 46
29. A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship the "Bounty" . . . London: G. Nicol, 1792. 49
30. Voyage of the "Pandora" Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the "Bounty" in the South Seas, 1790-91. Introduction by Sir Basil Thomson. London: F. Edwards, 1915. 56
31. The "Bounty" Trilogy. London: Chapman & Hall, 1933. 1935» 1935; Boston: Little, Brown, 1932 , 1934 , 1934 . 58
32. New England and the South Seas. London: Oxford University Press, 1965; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1965. 64
33. Voyages Round the World, with Selected Sketches of Voyages to the South Seas. New York: Collins & Hannay, 1833. 66
34. Puritans in the South Seas. New York: Henry Holt, 1936 67
35. A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, Performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the Ship "Duff", Commanded by Captain James Wilson London: S. Gosnell for T. Chapman, 1799. 67
36. An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands . . . Compiled and Arranged from the Extensive Communications of Mr. William Mariner, Several Years Resident in Those Islands. London: J . Murray, 1816. 68
37. Journal of a Cruise Made to the Pacific Ocean ... Philadelphia: Bradford & Inskeep, 1815. 70
38. Voyage of Discovery into the South Sea and Beering's Straits, for the Purpose of Exploring a North-East Passage . . . Translated from the German by H. E. Lloyd. 3 vol. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1821. 71
39. A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands. London: John Snow, 1837. New York: Appleton, 1837. 73
40. Realms and Islands: The World Voyage of Rose de Freycinet in the Corvette "Uranie", 1817- 1820. London: Oxford University Press, 1962 74
41. Polynesian Researches During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the Society and Sandwich Islands. 2 vol. London: Peter Jackson, Late Fisher, Son, & Co., 1829 76
42. A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board the Ship "Globe" of Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean, January, 1824 . . . New London, Conn.: printed for the authors, 1828. 79
43. Journal of a Cruise of the United States Schooner "Dolphin" . . . in Pursuit of the Mutineers of the Whale Ship "Globe". New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1831. 80
44. Narrative and Successful Result of a Voyage in the South Seas Performed by Order of the Government of British India, to Ascertain the Actual Fate of La Perouse's Expedition. London: Hurst, Chance, 1829. 81
45. Residence of Eleven Years in New Holland and the Caroline Islands; Being the Adventures of James F. O'Cornell. Edited from his verbal narration [by H. H. W.]. Boston: B. B. Mussey, 1836. 84
46. The Works of Ta'unga: Records of a Polynesian Traveller in the South Seas, 1833-1896. Translated by R. G. and Marjorie Crocombe, with annotations by Jean Guiart, Niel Gunson, and Dorothy Shineberg. Foreword by H. E. Maude. Pacific History Series: No. 2. Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968; Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1968; London: C. Hurst, 1968. 85
47. Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship "Essex" of Nantucket New York: W. B. Gilley, 1821. 86
48. A Visit to the South Seas, in the U.S. Ship "Vincennes", During the Years 1829 and 1830 . . . 2 vol. London: Fisher, Son & Jackson, 1832. Edited and abridged by William Ellis. New York: J. P. Haven, 1831. 87
49. Ravings in the Pacific, from 1837 to 1849, by a Merchant Long Resident at Tahiti. 2 vol. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longman, 1851. 89
50. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition . . . London: Ingram, Cooke, 1852. 2 vol. Philadelphia: C. Sherman, 1844, 5 vol. 90
51. Incidents of a Whaling Voyage. . . . London: John Neale, 1844. New York: D. Appleton, 1841. 91
52. Narrative of a Four Months' Residence Among the Natives in a Valley of the Marquesas Islands. London: John Murray, 1846. Typee: a Peep at Polynesian Life. New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1846. 92
53. Best South Sea Stories. London: Souvenir Press, 1964. New York: Appleton-Century, 1964. 94
54. Cannibal Jack: the True Autobiography of a White Man in the South Seas. London: Faber & Gwyer, 1928. New York: G. P. Putnam, 1928. 95
55. Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. "Beagle" Round the World. 2 vol. London: Henry Colburn, 1839. New York: Harper, 1846. 97
56. Na Motu; or, Reef-Rovings in the South Seas. . . . New York: Pudney & Russell, 1854. 98
57. Diary of the Voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake". London: Chatto & Windus, 1935. New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1936. 100
58. Wild Life Among the Pacific Islanders. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1867. 100
59. Diamond Head. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1948 101
60. Queen Emma. Sydney: Pacific Publications, 1965. 102
61. South Sea Bubbles. By the Earl and the Doctor. London: R. Bentley, 1872. New York: D. Appleton, 1872. 104
62. Summer Cruising in the South Seas. London: Chatto & Windus, 1874. South- Sea Idylls. Boston: James R . Osgood, 1873. 105
63. His Majesty O'Keefe. London: Hale, 1952. New York: Scribner, 1950 105
64. The Marriage of Loti. Translated by Clara Bell. London: T. Werner Laurie, 1925; New York: F. A. Stokes, 1925. 107
65. The Cruise of the "Cachalot". London: Smith, Elder, 1898; New York: A. L. Burt, 1898. 108
66. A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-War. 2 vol. London: Blackwood, 1882. 108
67. A Cruize in a Queensland Labour Vessel to the South Seas. Edited by Deryck Scarr. Pacific History Series: No. 1. Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968; Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1968; London: C. Hurst, 1968. 109
68. John Cameron's Odyssey. London and New York: Macmillan, 1928. 110
69. By Reef and Palm. London: T. Fisher Unwin, Autonym Library, 1894. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1900. 113
70. South Sea Yarns. London: Blackwood, 1894. 115
71. Island Nights' Entertainments. London: Cassell, 1893. New York: Scribner, 1893 116
72. Memoirs of Arii Taimai o Marama of Eimeo, Teñirere of Tooaria, Teriinui of Tahiti, Tauraatua i Amo. Paris: privately printed, 1901 119
73. Reminiscences of the South Seas. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1912. 120
74. The Queen vs. Billy. London: Heinemann, 1901. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. 120
75. The Phantom Paradise: The Story of the Expedition of the Marquis de Rays. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1936. 121
76. Noa Noa: Voyage to Tahiti. Translated from the French by Jonathan Griffin. Oxford : Bruno Cassirer, 1961. 122
77. Gauguin in the South Seas. Translated from the Swedish by Reginald Spink. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1965. New York: Doubleday, 1966. 124
78. Taming New Guinea: Some Experiences of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate. London: John Lane, 1921. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1922. 126
79. Tahiti. London: Grant Richards, 1921. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1922. 127
80. The Cruise of the "Snark". London: Mills & Boon, 1913. New York: Harper, 1908. 128
81. A South Sea Diary. London: Gollancz, 1942. 129
82. Isles of Illusion: Letters from the South Seas. Edited by Bohun Lynch. London: Constable, 1925. New York: Small, Maynard, 1923. 131
83. A Pattern of Islands. London: John Murray, 1952. American title, We Chose the Islands. New York: William Morrow, 1952. 132
84. The Trembling of a Leaf. New York: George H. Doran Company. London: W. Heinemann, 1921. 133
85. White Shadows in the South Seas. New York: Century, 1919. 133
86. Forever the Land of Men: An Account of a Visit to the Marquesas Islands. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1965. 135
87. The Book of Puka-Puka. London and New York: Century, 1929. 136
88. Coming of Age in Samoa. New York: William Morrow, 1928. 137
89. Manga Reva: the Forgotten Islands. Indianapolis, Ind. Bobbs-Merrill, 1931. 139
90. Come Unto These Yellow Sands. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1940. 140
91. Over the Reefs. London: Dent, 1948. New York: Dutton, 1949. 141
92. The Dangerous Islands. London: M. Joseph, 1937. Road My Body Goes. New York: John Day, 1937- 141
93. The Coast Watchers. London and New York: Oxford University Press, 1946. Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1967 142
94. Tales of the South Pacific. London and New York: Macmillan, 1947. 144
95. Guadalcanal Diary. Redhill, Surrey: Wells Gardner, Darton, 1943. New York: Random House, 1943. 145
96. The Blue of Capricorn. London: Victor Gollancz, 1962. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1961. 147
97. An Act of Love. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1948; retold version, 1954. 147
98. The Trumpet Shall Sound: A Study of "Cargo" Cults in Melanesia. London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1957- 149
99. The "Kon-Tiki" Expedition. London: G. Allen & Unwin, 1952. Kon-Tiki. Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1950. 151
100. To the Mountains of the Stars. Translated from the Dutch by Alan G. Readett. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1963. 154
101. Where the Bong Tree Grows: the Log of One Man's Journey in the South Pacific. Cleveland, Ohio: World, 1963. 154
102. APPENDIX 157
103. INDEX OF PACIFIC NAMES AND PLACES 169