Excerpt: "In order to safeguard the reputation of that worthy seaman
and most gallant gentleman who writes this memoir, the editor thereof
deems it proper to call attention to the fact that Master Hampdon has
described accurately the Island of Mangaia of the Cook, or Hervey,
group in the South Seas. It is still completely encircled by the
unbroken barrier reef, over which the natives ride in their light
canoes. The stairs still exist despite the earthquake to which Master
Hampdon refers—and other upheavals which may have followed—and are
still traversed by the feet of curious, if infrequent, visitors. For
the rest, such altars and platforms as he and his little lady found
still abound in the South Seas. Also on Easter Island, and on others,
too, such statues of the grotesque and hideous “Stone Goddes” as
he describes may be seen. Who made them and why, as well as when they
were put there, are as much mysteries today as they were when, in that
far-off time, Master Hampdon and his lady sailed those then unknown
seas in that brave little barque The Rose of Devon."
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ISBN
9783987449444
Publisert
2024
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Otbebookpublishing
Språk
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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