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This book recounts a compelling true story of a sailor's six-month voyage on a whaling ship in the Pacific Ocean. The author, yearning for land after months at sea, finds himself inexplicably drawn to the Marquesas Islands, a remote group known for their unusual inhabitants. Eager to escape the harsh conditions aboard his ship, the author and a fellow sailor embark on a daring escape, seeking refuge in the interior of one of the islands. The author's exploration of the Marquesas Islands, particularly the Typee Valley, provides a rare glimpse into the lives of these little-known people. He delves into their customs and traditions, from their unique social structures and religious practices to their daily lives and interactions with the outside world. While the author is fascinated by their unique way of life, he also examines the impact of European colonization on their culture and the challenges they face. This book, published in the mid-nineteenth century, offers a remarkable firsthand account of a little-explored corner of the world, exposing readers to a captivating and nuanced look at the human condition as experienced by both the indigenous peoples of the Marquesas and the European explorers who encounter them.
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Excerpt from Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas, With Notices of the French Occupation of Tahiti and the Provisional Cession of the Sandwich Islands to Lord Paulet, and a Sequel, the Story of Toby
The great interest with which the important events lately occurring at the Sandwich, Marquesas, and Society Islands, have been regarded in America and England, and indeed throughout the world, will, he trusts, justify a few otherwise unwarrantable digressions.
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The interval, with the exception of the last few months, has been chiefly spent by the author tossing about on the wide ocean. Sailors are the only class of men who now-a-days see anything like stirring adventure ;and many things which to fire-side people appear strange and romantic, to them seem as com mon-place as a jacket out at elbows. Yet, notwithstanding the familiarity of sailors with all sorts of curious adventure, the incidents recorded in the following pages have often served, when spun as a yarn, not only to relieve the weariness of many a night-watch at sea, but to excite the warmest sympathies of the authors shipmates. He has been therefore led to think that his story could scarcely fail to interest those who are less familiar than the sailor with a life of adventure. In his account of the singular and interesting people among whom he was thrown, it will be observed that he chiefly treats of their more obvious peculiarities ;and, in describing their customs, refrains in most cases from entering into explanations concerning their origin and purposes. As writers of travels among barbarous communities are generally very diffuse on these subjects, he deems it right to advert to what may be considered a culpable omission.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book recounts a compelling true story of a sailor's six-month voyage on a whaling ship in the Pacific Ocean. The author, yearning for land after months at sea, finds himself inexplicably drawn to the Marquesas Islands, a remote group known for their unusual inhabitants. Eager to escape the harsh conditions aboard his ship, the author and a fellow sailor embark on a daring escape, seeking refuge in the interior of one of the islands. The author's exploration of the Marquesas Islands, particularly the Typee Valley, provides a rare glimpse into the lives of these little-known people. He delves into their customs and traditions, from their unique social structures and religious practices to their daily lives and interactions with the outside world. While the author is fascinated by their unique way of life, he also examines the impact of European colonization on their culture and the challenges they face. This book, published in the mid-nineteenth century, offers a remarkable firsthand account of a little-explored corner of the world, exposing readers to a captivating and nuanced look at the human condition as experienced by both the indigenous peoples of the Marquesas and the European explorers who encounter them. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781440072031_0
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