Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations, Maps, and Tables vii
4. Preliminary Notes ix
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. Introduction xiii
7. The Tuamotu Archipelago
8. A Survey 3
9. The Russian Texts 37
10. Russian Science 76
11. Tahiti
12. An Overview 109
13. The Russian Texts 135
14. Russian and Russo-German Science 202
15. Appendix 231
16. Notes 236
17. Bibliography 273
18. Name Index 289
19. Place Index 293
20. Ship Index 297