An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific O… Volume 1
An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific OceanWith an Original Grammar and Vocabulary of their Language\nAuthor(s): William Mariner, John Martin\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108057547, 978-1108057547\nSynopsis\nIn November 1806, the damaged Port-au-Prince arrived at what Captain Cook had called the Friendly Islands. William Charles Mariner [tel] was among the few crew members spared by the native inhabitants. He lived there for four years. Published in 1818, this two-volume second edition offers an important early insight into Tongan customs and language. As editor John Martin [tel] explains, the structure of a nation's language is vital to the consideration of its history. So successful was the first edition of 1817 - expanded upon here to include 'generally corroborative, and in a few instances somewhat corrective' information from another erstwhile inhabitant.
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