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A woman from the island of Tahuata, Polynesia, encountered by Captain Cook on his second voyage. Engraving by J. Hall, 1777, after W. Hodges.

The ruler of Tahuata, Polynesia, encountered by Captain Cook on his second voyage. Engraving by J. Hall, 1777, after W. Hodges.

Hitihiti (O-Hedidee),  a young man encountered by Captain Cook on his second voyage. Engraving by J. Caldwall, 1777, after W. Hodges, 1774.

A gathering at the ceremonial drinking of kava in the Friendly Islands. Lithograph by A. Noël after L.A. de Sainson.

Healing practices in the South Pacific / edited by Claire D.F. Parsons.

Struktura antropologiczna polinezyjc zyków / Aleksandr Lech Godlewski.

Narrative of a four months' residence among the natives of a valley of the Marquesas Islands; or, a peep at Polynesian life / By Herman Melville.

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The ruler of Tahuata, Polynesia, encountered by Captain Cook on his second voyage. Engraving by J. Hall, 1777, after W. Hodges.

Healing practices in the South Pacific / edited by Claire D.F. Parsons.

Struktura antropologiczna polinezyjc zyków / Aleksandr Lech Godlewski.

Narrative of a four months' residence among the natives of a valley of the Marquesas Islands; or, a peep at Polynesian life / By Herman Melville.

A gathering at the ceremonial drinking of kava in the Friendly Islands. Lithograph by A. Noël after L.A. de Sainson.