Men from Under the Sky - Stanley Brown

Скачать книгу

      

      Men from Under the Sky

      (Frontispiece). Cakobau, 1817-82, king of Bau, great Fiji chief, whose government ceded Fiji to Great Britain in 1874.

      STANLEY BROWN

      Men from Under the Sky

      THE ARRIVAL OF WESTERNERS IN FIJI

      with a foreword by RAYMOND BURR

      CHARLES E. TUTTLE COMPANY

       Rutland • Vermont : Tokyo • Japan

      Representatives

      For Continental Europe: BOXERBOOKS, INC., Zurich

      For the British Isles:

       PRENTICE-HALL INTERNATIONAL, INC., London

      For Australasia:

       PAUL FLESCH & CO., PTY. LTD., Melbourne

      For Canada:

       M. G. HURTIG, LTD., Edmonton

      Published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.

       of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan

       with editorial offices at

       Osaki Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0032

      © 1973 by Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc.

      All rights reserved

      Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 72-96774

       ISBN: 978-1-4629-1228-5 (ebook)

      First printing, 1973

      Printed in Japan

       Table of Contents

       LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

       FOREWORD by Raymond Burr

       INTRODUCTION

       1 Bligh's Bitter Fruit (1789-91)

       2 Scent of Sandalwood (1804-14)

       3 Soldier of Fortune (1808-13)

       4 Founder of Levuka Town (1824-71)

       5 Missionary Magic (1838-48)

       6 The First Chart (1840)

       7 U.S. Consul's Claim (1840-60)

       8 The Highest Honour (1857-63)

       9 "Magnificent George" (1872-74)

      10 Naval "Diplomats" (1873-74)

      11 Voice of Authority (1873-97)

       APPENDIX 1: Fijian Spelling

       APPENDIX 2: Important Dates in Fiji's History

       BIBLIOGRAPHY

       INDEX

      List of Illustrations

(Frontispiece). Cakobau, Fiji's great chief
1. Captain William Bligh 23
2. Tui Macuata 51
3. John Hunt 138
4. David Whippy 147
5. Chief Ma'afu 148
6. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. 149
7. Levuka, Fiji's early capital 150
8. Commodore Goodenough 151
9. Sir Hercules Robinson 152
10. Royal Standard raised 153
11. Sir John B. Thurston 153
12. Sir John B. Thurston with servant 154
13. John B. Williams's consular uniform 187
14. George A. Woods 229

      MAPS

1. South Pacific Region 16
2. Fiji Islands 26-27
3. Sandalwood Bay and Coast on Vanua Levu 42-43
4. Rewa and Bau Regions on Viti Levu 76-77
5. Ovalau Island 94
6. Solevu and Wainunu Regions on Vanua Levu 116-117
7. Wilkes's 1840 Triangulation Map of Fiji 162-163

Скачать книгу