Twelve Days at Nuku Hiva: Russian Encounters and Mutiny in the South Pacific

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Author(s): Elena Govor
Edition: 1
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Year: 2010

Language: English
Pages: 322

Acknowledgments......Page 10
Note on Spelling and Translations......Page 12
Part I: From Russia to Nuku Hiva......Page 14
Part II: Nuku Hiva......Page 69
DAY 1. Encounter. 25 April (7 May) 1804......Page 77
DAY 2. Discovery. 26 April (8 May) 1804......Page 104
DAY 3. Immersion. 27 April (9 May) 1804......Page 128
DAY 4. Tattooing. 28 April (10 May) 1804......Page 150
DAY 5. Heresy. 29 April (11 May) 1804......Page 167
DAY 6 Tension. 30 April (12 May) 1804......Page 176
DAY 7 Temptations. 1/13 May 1804......Page 183
DAY 8 Catharsis. 2/14 May 1804......Page 208
DAY 9 Dislocation. 3/15 May 1804......Page 227
DAYS 10–12 Parting4/16–6/18 May 1804......Page 240
Part III: From Nuku Hiva to Russia......Page 251
Epilogue: Nuku Hiva Revisited......Page 276
Notes......Page 282
Bibliography......Page 286
Index......Page 302