Author: LANG, JOHN DUNMORE.
Title: Origin And Migrations Of The Polynesian Nation: Demonstrating Their Original Discovery And Progressive Settlement Of The Continent Of America.
Description: Second Edition; 8vo; pp. xvi, 328; frontispiece; original cloth, spine and corners bumped, spine faded, pages uneven, good copy. Sydney, George Robertson, 1877. Contents include information on movement of pacific islanders in large double canoes from Cook's, Anson's, Roman, La Perouse, whaling, Stamford Raffles and more. Comparison of Chinese and Polynesian languages. Frontispiece of a Mexican pyramid and text.

Keywords: Polynesia settlement American local history New South Wales pacific ocean New Zealand easter island schouten Sydney pyramids Marquesas Phillipines South Sea islanders Malaya