On Fiji Islands
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On Fiji Islands
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Author : Ronald Wright
language : en
Publisher: Viking Adult
Release Date : 1986
On Fiji Islands written by Ronald Wright and has been published by Viking Adult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Fiji categories.
While describing his travels throughout the Fiji Islands, Ronald Wright also tells the history of these exotic islands. He explains how the Fijian culture and the language have survived and flourished despite colonization.
Fiji Islands
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
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Broken Waves
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Author : Brij V. Lal
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 1992-10-01
Broken Waves written by Brij V. Lal and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-10-01 with History categories.
“[A] magisterial history of twentieth-century Fiji.... The historical research is thorough and scrupulous, and the presentation is lucid. Lal brings together a wealth of information, much of it previously unavailable and the earlier available materials often reframed in thought-provoking ways.... Perhaps its greatest strength is that is presents the history of modern Fiji as very complicated and multifaceted.” —The Contemporary Pacific Pacific Islands Monograph Series No.11 Published in association with the Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i
Ten Months In The Fiji Islands
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Author : William James Smythe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1864
Ten Months In The Fiji Islands written by William James Smythe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1864 with Fiji categories.
Wildlife Guide
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Author : Neville Coleman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Wildlife Guide written by Neville Coleman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Corals categories.
The Discoverers Of The Fiji Islands
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Author : George Cockburn Henderson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1933
The Discoverers Of The Fiji Islands written by George Cockburn Henderson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1933 with Fiji categories.
We Used To Eat People
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Author : R.M.W. Dixon
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2018-01-13
We Used To Eat People written by R.M.W. Dixon and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Living in a reed hut on Taveuni—the “garden isle” of Fiji—the author studied the native language and carefully observed their traditions until he was accepted as a (somewhat unusual) member of the village. Despite five cyclones the summer of 1985, daily life was idyllic. Cannibalism has been abandoned, reluctantly, at the behest of the new Christian God. But the old religion survived beneath the facade and priests danced naked on the beach beneath the full moon. The village pulsated with factions and feuds, resolved by the stern but benevolent chief, whose word was law. Legends told of a princess born as a bird, who was killed and thus became a comely maiden—but the murderer had to be cooked and eaten.
Ancient History Of Fiji Islands
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Author : Collection
language : en
Publisher: Human and Literature Publishing
Release Date : 2021-05-16
Ancient History Of Fiji Islands written by Collection and has been published by Human and Literature Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-16 with History categories.
This book deals with the ancient history of Fiji. The Fiji is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean that gained its independence in 1970. This former British colony consisting of an archipelago, the most important in Polynesia, lies between 15° and 20° South. The first western contact with Fiji was made in 1643 when Captain Abel Tasman entered Fijian waters and sighted several islands and reefs without realizing the nature of his discovery. Over a hundred years later, Captain Cook made a second contact by stopping at one of the southern Lau Islands. Real knowledge of the area began in 1792 when Captain Bligh sailed through the archipelago from the southeast to the northwest, following the famous mutiny of the Bounty. Bligh made an attempt to land, was attacked by natives, and continued through the islands with no more landings. He did, however, make a record of most of the islands he passed. In the nineteenth century, commercial contacts began in the form of sandalwood trade. This profitable commodity brought Europeans and Americans first to the Sandalwood Coast on the west side of Vanua Levu. During this period the first systematic survey of Fijian waters was made by the U.S. Exploring Expedition in 1840. After little more than a decade the sandalwood supply was depleted to the point where trade virtually ceased. As a result of this initial commercial contact, which was mainly around western Vanua Levu and eastern Viti Levu, some marked changes were effected in Fijian culture. After the sandalwood traders abandoned Fiji for more profitable fields, a number of deserters and ship-wrecked men remained. These beachcombers, along with firearms that had been introduced by trade or salvaged from wrecks, brought about the first striking alterations. Rival chiefs competed for the acquisition of muskets, gunpowder, and beachcombers. The latter in some instances became attached to royal households as dubious advisors and instructors in the use of guns, powder, and shot. Some of these coaches enjoyed a status resembling that of household pets. The introduction of firearms changed the native political scene and increased the scope and destructiveness of warfare. For a time the rulers of Mbau in eastern Viti nearly monopolized the supply of muskets and white men. This established their political supremacy over rival leaders. Larger and stronger political and military alliances, some resembling small kingdoms, developed for purposes of defense or aggression. As warfare grew more frequent, new diseases entered the islands and trade in liquor advanced. After the third decade of the nineteenth century better elements began to enter Fiji and ensuing culture contact was not so consistently deplorable. Bêche-de-mer traders and whalers began to visit the islands for trade goods and supplies. Some began to settle at the east end of Viti Levu. Missionaries came in the 1830's and the Christianization of Fiji began.
Fiji And The Fijians
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Author : Thomas Williams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1859
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Fiji Islands
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Author : Hank Curth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Fiji Islands written by Hank Curth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with History categories.