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Pier at the island of Tongatabu, Tonga

Coast between Papara and Taravao W side of Otaheite

Casa, G., fl 1830s-1840s :Oceania-Polinesia [Mourners around a chief's death-bed] / Casa dis. Bernati dir. Lago inv. Tav. XXXV [1843]

Missionary house Hitiaa, with a timanu tree and a stone used formerly for sacrificing human beings

West coast of Otaheite

Railway wagons being loaded with phosphate deposits, Makatea Island, French Polynesia

View of Taiirabut from Moro[?], also the entrance to the Bay of Taravao. Otaheite

View of the crown in the Fautaua valley, where the natives defended themselves against the French until taken by surprise. Otaheite

Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771 :Plante dont se servent les Tahitiens pour prendre les poissons en les envirant. Benard direx. Pl. 13. [Paris, 1773?]

Bora Bora, Society Islands, French Polynesia, showing lagoon and barrier reef

Pago Pago, Tutuila, American Samoa

View of a cave at Afaina - between Papara and Maraa. Otaheite