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Twelve days at Nuku Hiva Russian encounters and mutiny in the South Pacific /

Main Author: Govor, Elena.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai°i Press, c2010.
Subjects:
Acculturation > History > 19th century. > French Polynesia > Nuka Hiva
Marquesans > History > 19th century. > French Polynesia > Nuka Hiva
Russians > History > 19th century. > French Polynesia > Nuka Hiva
Mutiny > History > 19th century. > French Polynesia > Nuka Hiva
Nuka Hiva (French Polynesia) > Ethnic relations > 19th century. > History
Nuka Hiva (French Polynesia) > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Nuka Hiva (French Polynesia) > Discovery and exploration > Russian.
Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) > Discovery and exploration
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10412302
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. From Russia to Nuku Hiva
  • pt. 2. Nuku Hiva
  • Day 1: Encounter : 25 April (7 May) 1804
  • Day 2: Discovery : 26 April (8 May) 1804
  • Day 3: Immersion : 27 April (9 May) 1804
  • Day 4: Tattooing : 28 April (10 May) 1804
  • Day 5: Heresy : 29 April (11 May) 1804
  • Day 6: Tension : 30 April (12 May) 1804
  • Day 7: Temptations : 1/13 May 1804
  • Day 8: Catharsis : 2/14 May 1804
  • Day 9: Dislocation : 3/15 May 1804
  • Days 10-12: Parting : 4/16-6/18 May 1804
  • pt. 3. From Nuku Hiva to Russia
  • Epilogue: Nuku Hiva revisited.

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