Exploration and Exchange: A South Seas Anthology, 1680-1900Jonathan Lamb, Vanessa Smith, Nicholas Thomas University of Chicago Press, 2000 - 359 Seiten "As my sense of the turpitude and guilt of sin was weakened, the vices of the natives appeared less odious and criminal. After a time, I was induced to yield to their allurements, to imitate their manners, and to join them in their sins . . . and it was not long ere I disencumbered myself of my European garment, and contented myself with the native dress. . . ."—from Narrative of the late George Vason, of Nottingham As George Vason's anguished narrative shows, European encounters with Pacific peoples often proved as wrenching to the Europeans as to the natives. This anthology gathers some of the most vivid accounts of these cultural exchanges for the first time, placing the works of well-known figures such as Captain James Cook and Robert Louis Stevenson alongside the writings of lesser-known explorers, missionaries, beachcombers, and literary travelers who roamed the South Seas from the late seventeenth through the late nineteenth centuries. Here we discover the stories of the British buccaneers and privateers who were lured to the Pacific by stories of fabulous wealth; of the scientists, cartographers, and natural historians who tried to fit the missing bits of terra incognita into a universal scheme of knowledge; and of the varied settlers who established a permanent European presence in Polynesia and Australia. Through their detailed commentary on each piece and their choice of selections, the editors—all respected scholars of the literature and cultures of the Pacific—emphasize the mutuality of impact of these colonial encounters and the continuity of Pacific cultures that still have the power to transform visitors today. |
Inhalt
Introduction3 | 3 |
The Discovery of New Holland William Dampier | 9 |
Lionel Wafer Crosses Darien Lionel Wafer | 15 |
Richard Simson at Juan Fernandez Richard Simson | 30 |
Commodore Anson Lands at Juan Fernandez George Anson | 38 |
Byron and the Patagonian Giants John Byron | 46 |
The Discovery of Tahiti Samuel Wallis | 57 |
The Unfortunate Compiler James Cook Joseph Banks | 73 |
The Violence of the Beach Samuel Patterson and Richard Siddons | 180 |
Missiles and Missives William Mariner | 191 |
Unutterable Practices William Ellis | 205 |
Property and Providence John Williams | 218 |
Tapu and Conceit in the Marquesas David Darling | 233 |
Philanthropic Sympathy and the Interests of Commerce Abby Jane Morrell | 244 |
Among the Cannibals Mary Wallis | 256 |
Tapa and Muru in New Zealand Frederick Maning | 263 |
Providential Cannibalism Johann Reinhold Forster | 92 |
William Wales Makes Observations William Wales | 99 |
Benevolence on the Beach George Keate | 112 |
Resident Observer James Morrison | 123 |
The Brethren and the Tayos William Wilson | 139 |
Falling from Grace George Vason | 156 |
A Stranger in a Strange Country Edward Robarts | 170 |
Introduction | 273 |
Quite Alone in a Mountain Village Constance F GordonCumming | 292 |
Belated First Contact Robert Louis Stevenson | 299 |
That Link of History Henry AdamsArii Taimai | 317 |
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