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Run from the society to the Friendly Islandsbook chapter 1777 • Forster, Georg
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This source, by a member of Captain Cook's crew in his voyage of discovery around the world, is mainly a description of a few days spent at Nomuka Island in June of 1774. The subjects covered include geography, flora, trading with the natives, behavi...A voyage round the world, in His Britannic Majesty's sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5book chapter 1777 • Forster, Georg & Forester, Johann Reinhold
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This source contains an account of Captain Cook's visit to Tonga during the first week of October 1773 and, therefore, is one of the earliest descriptions of Tonga. Contact was made with Tongans on Eua (called Ea-Oowhe or Middleburg Island in the sou...