In the South Seas

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Overview

The author of Treasure Island shares true stories of his travels in the Pacific in these portraits of nineteenth-century Tahiti, New Zealand, and beyond.

Setting sail from San Francisco in June 1888, the author of Kidnapped and other classic adventure fiction embarked on a journey of his own. Having endured periods of illness and isolation in his earlier years, Robert Louis Stevenson was determined to see the far corners of the world.

His extensive travels took him to the Hawaiian Islands, the Gilbert Islands, Tahiti, New Zealand, and Samoa, where he would eventually settle. This collection of Stevenson’s writings recounts these wondrous years of nineteenth-century South Seas exploration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781504064170
Publisher:	Open Road Media
Publication date:	08/11/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	184
Sales rank:	158,979
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) was a Scottish novelist, travel writer, poet, and children’s author. Plagued by poor health his entire life, he was nevertheless an amazingly prolific writer, and created some of the most influential and entertaining fiction of the nineteenth century, including Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Date of Birth:

November 13, 1850

Date of Death:

December 3, 1894

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Place of Death:

Vailima, Samoa

Education:

Edinburgh University, 1875

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgements	vii
	Introduction	viii
	Note on the Text	xxxvi
	Further Reading	xxxvii
	Map	xl
	In the South Seas
Part I	The Marquesas
I.	An Island Landfall	5
II.	Making Friends	10
III.	The Maroon	17
IV.	Death	23
V.	Depopulation	29
VI.	Chiefs and Tapus	36
VII.	Hatiheu	43
VIII.	The Port of Entry	49
IX.	The House of Temoana	55
X.	A Portrait and a Story	62
XI.	Long-Pig - A Cannibal High Place	68
XII.	The Story of a Plantation	77
XIII.	Characters	85
XIV.	In a Cannibal Valley	91
XV.	The Two Chiefs of Atuona	97
Part II	The Paumotus
I.	The Dangerous Archipelago - Atolls at a Distance	107
II.	Fakarava: An Atoll at Hand	113
III.	A House to Let in a Low Island	120
IV.	Traits and Sects in the Paumotus	127
V.	A Paumotuan Funeral	136
VI.	Graveyard Stories	139
Part III	The Gilberts
I.	Butaritari	155
II.	The Four Brothers	160
III.	Around Our House	166
IV.	A Tale of a Tapu	174
V.	A Tale of a Tapu - continued	180
VI.	The Five Days' Festival	189
VII.	Husband and Wife	199
Part IV	The Gilberts - Apemama
I.	The King of Apemama: The Royal Trader	209
II.	The King of Apemama: Foundation of Equator Town	215
III.	The King of Apemama: The Palace of Many Women	222
IV.	The King of Apemama: Equator Town and the Palace	228
V.	King and Commons	234
VI.	The King of Apemama: Devil-Work	242
VII.	The King of Apemama	252
	Notes	258
	Emendations	283