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An account of the natives of the Tonga islands, in the South Pacific oceanBook 1818 • Mariner, William & Martin, John
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
William Mariner, a young captain's clerk on a British privateering ship, was spared when the ship was attacked by the natives of the Tonga Islands. He spent the next four years (1806-1810) living among the natives and participating in their activitie...An account of the natives of the Tonga islands, in the South Pacific oceanBook 1818 • Mariner, William & Martin, John
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
In this second volume of Mariner's account of his captivity in the Tonga Islands, Mariner continues his narration of events and his eventual escape. After this he describes the system of ranking, professional classes, age and sex status, religious te...