book chapter
At Tonga, May-July 1777
. The voyage of the Resolution and Discovery, 1776-1780 • (2) • Published In 1967 • Pages: 1361-1368
By: King, James.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an excerpt from the journal of Captain James King, the commander of the DISCOVERY, which accompanied the RESOLUTION, Captain Cook's ship. It is a very brief account of their three month stay in Tonga but it is especially valuable because of its early nature and because of King's description of the relations between the British and the Tongans. Because of Tongan thievery, the British resorted to shooting and flogging a number of offenders. While the chiefs appear not to have been concerned, the description reveals a rather high level of tension all around. King also briefly discusses Tongan physical appearance, canoes, marriage, and religion. He also mentions that there was a hierarchy of ranking among the nobility, among which the Tamaha had the highest rank.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Boats
- Classes
- Behavior toward non-relatives
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tongans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Naval Officer
- Explorer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Martin J. Malone; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1777
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1777
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- James king
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 56006658
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans