In the South Seas
Being an Account of Experiences and Observations in the Marquesas, Paumotus and Gilbert Islands in the Course of Two Cruises on the Yacht "Casco" (1888) and the Schooner "Equator" (1889)
In the South Seas gathers Robert Louis Stevenson's account of his cruises through the Pacific on the yacht Casco in 1888 and the schooner Equator in 1889, published after his death. Stevenson describes his arrival in the Marquesas, where he studies depopulation, chiefs and taboos and visits a cannibal high place; the low coral atolls of the Paumotus with their graveyard stories; and the Gilbert Islands, where the formidable King Tembinok' of Apemama receives the travelers. More ethnography than adventure, it shows Stevenson's sympathy for island peoples confronting colonial change. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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