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; uncut; original burgundy blind stamp decorated cloth, spine faded and a little marked; good copy. Sydney, George Robertson, 1877. Book unread as pages still joined as originally published. Contents include information on movement of pacific islanders in large double canoes from sources including Cook, Anson, Roman, La Perouse, whaling and Stamford Raffles. Comparison of Chinese and Polynesian languages. Frontispiece of a Mexican pyramid.

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