A Visit to the South Seas, in the U.S. Ship Vincennes, During the Years 1829 and 1830: With Notices of Brazil, Peru, Manilla, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena, Volume 1

Charles Samuel Stewart

Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1832 - Hawaii - 440 pages

Contents

• LETTER: 9
• Palace: 23
• Prisons judiciary and slave trade: 54
• Character of the Hon William Tudor: 60
• PASSAGE ROUND CAPE HORN XIII Departure from Rio de Janeiro: 65
• The doubling of the Cape: 70
• PAGE Description of Valparaiso: 73
• Arrival at Callao: 78
• LIMA: 83
• Sketch of Callao and ride to Lima: 85
• Audience with General La Fuente: 93
• Festival of the Amancaise: 99
• National Museum Inquisitorial Court and private mansions in the city: 105
• Visit to the Padre Arrieta and state of the churches and priesthood: 111
• Return to Callao and farewell visit on shore: 119
• Departure from Peru: 124
• Voyage to the Washington Islands: 127
• Arrival at Nukuhiva: 132
• Form of government and civil and reli gious distinctions: 168
• A day in the glen of Taioa: 180
• Cruelty and injustice of foreign visiters: 194
• Removal of the Vincennes to the territo ries of the Taipiis: 204
• Trip to the valley of Hakahaa: 216
• Hakahaa or the valley of the neutral ground: 228
• Departure from Nukuhiva: 238
• THE GEORGIAN AND SOCIETY ISLANDS XXXV Arrival at Tahiti: 243
• Harbour of Papeete: 246
• A Tahitian sabbath: 250
• Visit to Eimeo and arrival at the Society Islands: 253
• bath at Raiatea: 255
• Letter of Queen Pomare I to the presi dent: 266
• Departure for the Sandwich Islands: 269
• SANDWICH ISLANDS: 273
• Journey to the volcano of Kirauea: 283
• Cascade of the Rainbow: 297
• First interview with the missionaries: 303
• A morning visit to the principal chiefs: 317
• Visit to Lahaina in Maui: 331
• Detraction and calumny of foreign resi: 350
• Retrospective view of the visit at the Sand: 390
• Visit at Macaoa and Canton: 399
• Evening scenes at a Catholic festival: 405
• Description of Cape Town: 413

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Visit to the South Seas, in the U.S. Ship Vincennes, During the Years 1829 and 1830: With Notices of Brazil, Peru, Manilla, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena, Volume 1
• Author: Charles Samuel Stewart
• Publisher: Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1832
• Original from: the New York Public Library
• Digitized: Sep 22, 2007
• Length: 440 pages