Polynesian Researches During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands by William Ellis

Polynesian Researches During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands

William Ellis

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From humble origins, and trained by the London Missionary Society in theology, printing and rudimentary medicine, William Ellis (1794-1872) sailed for the Society Islands in 1816. He found himself at the cusp of major cultural change as Western in...

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