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First Contacts in Polynesia The Samoan Case (1722-1848) Western Misunderstandings about Sexuality and Divinity

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This book explores the first encounters between Samoans and Europeans up to the arrival of the missionaries, using all available sources for the years 1722 to the 1830s, paying special attention to the first encounter on land with the Lapérouse expedition. Many of the sources used are French, and s...

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Main Author: Tcherk, Serge (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Canberra ANU Press 2008
Subjects:
History
Anthropology
history
customs
social life
samoan islands
foreign relations
europe
Bougainville Island
Ethnic groups in Europe
James Cook
Jean-François de Galaup
comte de Lapérouse
Polynesia
Polynesians
Tahiti
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