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Book Synopsis Adorning the World by : Eric Kjellgren
Download or read book Adorning the World written by Eric Kjellgren and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2005 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The imagery of Marquesan art is testament to the myriad beings and creatures who inhabited the Marquesan universe - gods, ancestors, humans, lizards, turtles, fish - and to the islands' complex social and political organization. These art forms are explored in the present volume, published in conjunction with the exhibition "Adorning the World: Art of the Marquesas Islands," held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis Exploring the Marquesas Islands by : Joe Russell
Download or read book Exploring the Marquesas Islands written by Joe Russell and published by Fine Edge Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sailing to the South Pacific, whether from California or Panama, the first landfall is the Marquesas. Joe Russell, who has lived and sailed in the Marquesas, documents this beautiful little-known place. Volcanic, tropical beauty and ease of navigation, make these islands some of the most interesting and dramatic cruising grounds in the world. The Marquesans-the island's greatest asset-are proud of their history. They presume friendship with everyone, sharing their legends and traditions. Includes history, language guide, chart diagrams, mileage and heading tables, and recent archeology.
Book Synopsis Flora of the Marquesas Islands (set of Volumes 1 And 2) by : David Lorence
Download or read book Flora of the Marquesas Islands (set of Volumes 1 And 2) written by David Lorence and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-30 with total page 1135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A project spanning over three decades has come to fruition with the publication of the Flora of the Marquesas Islands authored by David H. Lorence (NTBG) and Warren L. Wagner (Smithsonian Institution). This two volume, 1135 page opus is a complete account of all of the vascular plants found in the Marquesas Islands and was developed and written on a web site format. The Marquesas are a volcanic archipelago of 12 islands and numerous islets situated within the eastern part of French Polynesia, making it one of the most isolated groups of oceanic islands. This collaborative project between the National Tropical Botanical Garden, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Délégation à la Recherche de la Polynésie française is intended to further knowledge of the flora of this remote archipelago.Volume 1 (411 pages, published in December 2019) includes introductory chapters covering the project's history, Marquesas geology and climate, history of plant collecting in the islands, flora and vegetation, plant communities, threats to the flora, conservation status of species including IUCN Red List recommendations, critical conservation considerations, and many other aspects, as well as taxonomic treatments of the native and naturalized lycophytes (fern allies), ferns, and monocots. Volume 1 is richly illustrated with 134 figures including 111 color plates, 21 elegant line drawings by Smithsonian illustrator Alice Tangerini, and two maps. A complete list of all exsiccatae (specimens studied) is given in the Exsiccatae section. Volume 2 (722 pages, published in September 2020) covers the dicots, dicot exsiccatae, a list of cultivated plants, a list of all literature cited, and an index to both volumes. Volume 2 comprises is richly illustrated with 252 color figures and line drawings.
Book Synopsis Family and Gender in the Pacific by : Margaret Jolly
Download or read book Family and Gender in the Pacific written by Margaret Jolly and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-11-24 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 1989 examination of the effect of mission evangelism and colonial intervention on the family life of Pacific peoples.
Book Synopsis Early Observations of Marquesan Culture, 1595-1813 by : Edwin N. Ferdon
Download or read book Early Observations of Marquesan Culture, 1595-1813 written by Edwin N. Ferdon and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1993-11 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Marquesas Islands of the South Pacific have been inhabited by Polynesian peoples since around A.D. 300 but were not visited by Europeans until 1595. Ferdon has drawn on the records of these early visitors to paint a broad picture of Marquesan social organization, religion, material culture, and daily life.
Book Synopsis Tattooing in the Marquesas by : Willowdean Chatterson Handy
Download or read book Tattooing in the Marquesas written by Willowdean Chatterson Handy and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Definitive source on intricate tattoos of Polynesia's Marquesas Islands offers a rare glimpse of a vanished art. Its 38 plates of black-and-white drawings and photographs provide an unusually complete and intimate record.
Book Synopsis Eastern Pacific Lands: Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands by : Frederick William Christian
Download or read book Eastern Pacific Lands: Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands written by Frederick William Christian and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Material Culture of the Marquesas Islands by : Ralph Linton
Download or read book The Material Culture of the Marquesas Islands written by Ralph Linton and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Archaeology of the Marquesas Islands by : Ralph Linton
Download or read book Archaeology of the Marquesas Islands written by Ralph Linton and published by Corinthian Press. This book was released on 1925 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Eastern Pacific Lands by : Frederick William Christian
Download or read book Eastern Pacific Lands written by Frederick William Christian and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Islands and Beaches by : Greg Dening
Download or read book Islands and Beaches written by Greg Dening and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Happy Isles of Oceania by : Paul Theroux
Download or read book The Happy Isles of Oceania written by Paul Theroux and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006-12-08 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of The Great Railway Bazaar explores the South Pacific by kayak: “This exhilarating epic ranks with [his] best travel books” (Publishers Weekly). In one of his most exotic and adventuresome journeys, travel writer Paul Theroux embarks on an eighteen-month tour of the South Pacific, exploring fifty-one islands by collapsible kayak. Beginning in New Zealand's rain forests and ultimately coming to shore thousands of miles away in Hawaii, Theroux paddles alone over isolated atolls, through dirty harbors and shark-filled waters, and along treacherous coastlines. Along the way, Theroux meets the king of Tonga, encounters street gangs in Auckland, and investigates a cargo cult in Vanuatu. From Australia to Tahiti, Fiji, Easter Island, and beyond, this exhilarating tropical epic is full of disarming observations and high adventure.
Book Synopsis The Material Culture of the Marquesas Islands by : Ralph Linton
Download or read book The Material Culture of the Marquesas Islands written by Ralph Linton and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Flora of the Marquesas Islands by : David Lorence
Download or read book Flora of the Marquesas Islands written by David Lorence and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Flora of the Marquesas Islands is a complete account of all of the plants found in the Marquesas Islands. Of the total 835 vascular plant species recorded for the Marquesas Islands, approximately 504 are aliens introduced by humans over the years, including 257 cultivated, 33 Polynesian introductions, and 214 other naturalized species, compared to the native flora of 331 species. This is a collaborative project between the National Tropical Botanical Garden, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Délégation à la Recherche de la Polynésie française intended to further knowledge of the flora of this remote archipelago. Based on extensive fieldwork this book covers the extant floristic diversity, including 85 recently described species, and provides original illustrations, illuminating photos, and critical conservation considerations. This work imparts a foundational knowledge of the flora as a vital component towards preserving the biodiversity of the Marquesas Islands. This is the second and final volume of the Flora of the Marquesas Islands. Volume 1 comprised the introductory chapters, Lycophytes, Ferns, and Monocots, and Exsiccatae for those groups (Lorence & Wagner 2019). Volume 2 comprises the Dicots in the traditional sense (basal angiosperms plus the eudicots), Cultivated Species Appendix, Literature Cited, Exsiccatae, and Index for both volumes.
Download or read book Tiki written by Elena Govor and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Created across the six islands of a remote archipelago in eastern Polynesia, the art of the Marquesas is one of the world's most distinctive and remarkable art traditions. Though exhibited in major museums around the world, Marquesan art is nevertheless poorly understood, and the formation of collections still largely unresearched. This book documents and explores the most extensive early collection from the archipelago. In May, 1804, participants in the first Russian voyage round the world, usually known as the Krusenstern expedition after the principal commander, spent twelve days at the island of Nuku Hiva. Inspired by the science and collecting associated with the voyages of Captain James Cook, the mariners interacted with Islanders, and made extensive collections of artifacts. While the lives of the collectors and exchanges among scientists led to these artifacts being widely dispersed, the research reported here has identified some 200 objects collected during the voyage which are now in museums in Russia, Estonia, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The outcome of years of work in museum stores and archives, Tiki reassembles a collection of exceptional importance. A set of essays contextualize these precisely provenanced artifacts historically, and in the life and environment of the Marquesas Islands. For the first time, this heritage is made accessible to Islanders themselves, and to interested scholars and curators.
Book Synopsis The Marquesas Islands by : Robert Thomson
Download or read book The Marquesas Islands written by Robert Thomson and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Review of the Fauna of the Marquesas Islands and Discussion of Its Origin by : Alastair Martin Adamson
Download or read book Review of the Fauna of the Marquesas Islands and Discussion of Its Origin written by Alastair Martin Adamson and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
