| 单词 | Society Islands |
| 例句 | The rosy wolf snail was introduced to the Society Islands in the 1970s with the goal of controlling another invader, the giant African land snail. How Do You Solve an Extinction Mystery? Put a Tiny Computer on a Snail. 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Among the 199 specimens used for the study was a sweet potato plant collected in 1769 by botanists Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander, members of Cook’s expedition to the Society Islands in French Polynesia. Sweet potato migrated to Polynesia thousands of years before people did 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z New Zealand’s original settlers were the Maori, Polynesians who came around the year 1300, probably from somewhere near the Society Islands. New Zealand’s Crusade Against Mammals | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Then for the first time the natives of the Society Islands learned to comprehend the blessedness of the greatest discovery of all time. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z Nearly thirty of the natives of the Society Islands were destroyed at one time by the sharks. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z She added that she hoped this research supported efforts to maintain P. hyalina’s solar refuge habitats in the Society Islands. How Do You Solve an Extinction Mystery? Put a Tiny Computer on a Snail. 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z In December, 1880, Pomare V. resigned, and the Society Islands became a dependency of France.—In the south-east groups great opposition was shown, but in the north-west Christianity made rapid progress. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z She touched at the Society Islands and Pernambuco, and on March 13, 1846, after seven years four and a half months absence, Marsh stepped ashore in his own country again. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z Twenty-one days later, when I landed at the Society Islands, at Tahiti, I was a new man. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z The group of the Society Islands, of which Tahiti is chief, is called Windward Islands. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z Two brothers, Englishmen from the Society Islands, met in a mining town, and were not aware of their relationship until a chance conversation between them disclosed it. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z The last of the Society Islands to which our commander sailed was Bolabola, where he arrived on the 8th of December. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z The Pharisees of old need but be cited to show why; and there is a set of people in the Society Islands now who seem to be spiritually descended from the ascetic priests of Judaism. How to Observe Morals and Manners The Society Islands are a large and scattered archipelago in the South Pacific, situated within 16° and 18° of South latitude, and between 148° and 155° of West longitude. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II A legend of the Society Islands is somewhat similar. Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina Into the Society Islands Sea Island cotton was introduced about 1860-1870. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" When these multiply, of which Captain Cook thought there was little reason to doubt, Otaheite and the Society Islands will equal, if not exceed, any country in the known world, for plenty of provisions. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z Behold the illiberality and want of true Christian charity, evinced not only here, but with equal hostility by English missionaries in the Society Islands, in unremitting persecutions and expulsion of the Catholics. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia The Society Islands, and Tahiti in particular, are famous for the beauty of their natural scenery; indeed, by general consent they appear to rank as the fairest islands in the Pacific. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II The story of Maui's "Snaring the Sun" was told among the Maoris of New Zealand, the Kanakas of the Hervey and Society Islands, and the ancient natives of Hawaii. Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina In the same manner as we have evangelized the Sandwich and Society Islands, and portions of Burmah, Hindostan, and other lands. Thoughts on African Colonization Scarcely had he been landed upon the beach, when he found, among the crowd which had assembled there, three of his own countrymen, natives of the Society Islands. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z He discovered the Society Islands, whence, of course, are obtained our present supply of Society Papers. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 22, 1890 The government of the Society Islands, like that of Hawaii, was at least in form an arbitrary monarchy. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II There are numerous less important local myths, some of them peculiar to New Zealand, some to the Society Islands and some to the Hawaiian group. Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina On the eighteenth of January, 1778, Captain Cook, the great navigator, while sailing due north from the Society Islands, discovered the Islands of Oahu and Kauai. The Hawaiian Islands Their Resources, Agricultural, Commercial and Financial It is an observation of great importance, that the future felicity of the inhabitants of Otaheite, and the Society Islands, will not a little depend on their continuing to be visited from Europe. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z The natives of these Society Islands made great use of their Clubs, some of which proved fatal to Captain Cook and his men. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 22, 1890 The last of these writers speaks in unfavourable terms of the personal appearance of the women, whom he found less handsome than the men and very inferior to the women of the Society Islands. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II The legends of the Society Islands say that a demon in the west became angry with the sun and in his rage ate it up, causing night. Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina Thus a native of the Society Islands, while able to say "dog's tail," "sheep's tail," etc., has no separate word for tail. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Our commander was now going to take his final departure from Otaheite and the Society Islands. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z He would gladly have continued the cruise, but his wish was overruled, and the whaler's stern was turned towards the Society Islands. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 The practice of embalming appears to have been long familiar to the natives of the Society Islands. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II In the Society Islands, it is said, Maui and his brothers made six strong ropes of great length. Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina Those of higher rank also indulged in pork, and the flesh of dogs, prepared in the same manner as on the Society Islands. A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 Desirous as Captain Cook was of propagating so useful a race among the Society Islands, the loss of a ram was a serious misfortune. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z The vessels, laden with more than four hundred pigs, and also with fowls, and fruit, left the Society Islands on the 17th of September, and steered for the west. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century If religion consists essentially in a fear of gods, the natives of the Society Islands were a very religious people, for they believed in a multitude of gods and stood in constant dread of them. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II Another legend from the Society Islands is related by Mr. Gill: Maui tried many snares before he could catch the sun. Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina In the evening we had already cleared the Society Islands, and were pursuing a westward course. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 As the ships were to touch at Otaheite and the Society Islands, it had been determined not to omit the only opportunity which might ever offer of carrying Omai back to his native country. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z This man was an Albino, like those already met with in Tahiti and the Society Islands. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century This island to which Quiros gave the name of Sagittaria, is, according to Fleurieu, Tahiti, one of the principal of the group of Society Islands. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World They could not be persuaded to go far from their canoe, which was about ten feet long, fitted with an outrigger, and though very inferior, like those of the Society Islands. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries His coronation, they said, would soon take place, and they did not think it decorous, on so solemn an occasion, for the Sovereign of all the Society Islands to sit barefooted on his throne. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 This was to despatch either the barque or brig, laden with trade goods, to the Society Islands in the South Pacific, to barter for coconut oil and pearl shell. John Corwell, Sailor And Miner; and, Poisonous Fish 1901 His conduct and intelligence gave a favourable idea of the inhabitants of the Society Islands. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century In 1906 the Society Islands were devastated by a terrific hurricane, and, hearing that Ori had suffered great loss, Mrs. Stevenson sent him a sum of money to help tide him over the crisis. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson They were neatly constructed, but not much superior to those of the Society Islands. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries I at first steered past the Society Islands, lying to leeward from Tahaiti, in order to rectify their longitude; and afterwards carefully endeavoured to avoid the course taken, to my knowledge, by any former navigator. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 The canoe was probably bound from one of the Society Islands to Otaheite. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold Like the Tahitans they were tattooed, and clothed in stuffs similar to those of the Society Islands. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century When the first violence of the boy’s grief had somewhat abated, Arthur spoke to him gently, in the dialect of the Society Islands. The Island Home Cook and Attago also exchanged names, the custom of so doing being practised at the Friendly as well as at the Society Islands. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries King Tajo, not content with seeing in the remains of his people none but professors of the new faith, resolved on making conquests that he might force it on the other Society Islands. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 After leaving the Society Islands, Cook steered west for Middleburg and Amsterdam, discovered by Tasman. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold They visited other islands in the group—now known as the Society Islands and belonging to France—and took possession of all in the name of His Britannic Majesty, George III. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole I have seen, at the Society Islands, native drums made of large hollow logs, which might perhaps, at a distance, sound like what we heard a moment ago. The Island Home As this place became, in a certain degree, the centre of operations, that particular missionary enterprise in the Society Islands is generally known as the Huaheine Mission. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries It was just returned from a voyage among the Society Islands, where it had been to collect tribute, and was preparing to carry a cargo of cocoa-oil, stowed in thick bamboo-canes, to Port Jackson. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 In other places the inhabitants resembled those of the Society Islands. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold On the 12th we left Mauruah, and on the 13th lost sight of the Society Islands. Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791 As soon as we got our fresh provisions on board we sailed again for the westward, proceeding as before among the coral reefs, which lie to the north of the Society Islands. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler He completed the discovery and survey of the Society Islands. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries He proposed cruising for some time for whales in those latitudes, and then sailing south, to touch at one of the Society Islands. Charley Laurel A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land The chief object of the voyage was to find a passage from the Pacific into the Atlantic; but the Society Islands and other spots were to be visited on the way. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold Thus in a few years the entire population of the Georgian and Society Islands had renounced idolatry, and were in general outwardly very strict in their religious observances. The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific I’ll not describe our voyage back to Honolulu, the capital of the Society Islands. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler Still, I believe that among the Society Islands, at Raratonga, and other islands of the Hervey group, true Christianity more extensively prevails. Ben Hadden or, Do Right Whatever Comes Of It After this we touched at two of the Society Islands. Charley Laurel A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land The inhabitants were in general remarkably handsome, and were of the same race as those of the Society Islands. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold The natives of the Society Islands having sincerely accepted Christianity, became anxious to spread the good tidings among their heathen neighbours. The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific Sailing from the Marquesas we gradually worked our way westward towards the Society Islands, catching a few whales, till we arrived at Totillah, one of the Samoa group. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler This island was the chief seat of the idolatry of the Society Islands. James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat The nearest lands were the Marquesas Islands, fifteen hundred miles away; the Society Islands, twenty-four hundred miles away, and the Sandwich Islands, three thousand miles away. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure He had made known the Marquesas and Tonga group, and completed the survey of the Society Islands. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold This island of Tahiti, or Otaheite, is the largest of a group known as the Society Islands. The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific Now he makes for the Society Islands, and takes a circuit round the largest of them, Tahiti, the finest and best known of all the islands in the southern sea. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People She had learnt Otaheitan, she lectured about the bread-fruit, and she played upon a barbarous thrum-thrum, the only musical instrument in those savage wastes, ironically called the Society Islands, because there is no society. The Young Duke This is one of the loveliest of tropical islands, the largest of the Society Islands. Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field Aleady they have garnered many rich prizes for the Faith in the form of such romantic, remote and inaccessible isles as Tonga, the Solomons and the Society Islands. Letters from the Guardian to Australia and New Zealand "General trading through the Marquesas, the Society Islands, and the Gilberts." Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Name the first missionaries to France; to Denmark; to Sweden; to Italy; to the Society Islands. A Young Folks' History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints These low isles are, doubtless, the farthest navigation which those of Otaheite and the Society Islands perform at present. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 The Society Islands are most beautiful, Tahiti probably the gem of them all, but on arriving Stevenson was in no condition to appreciate their loveliness. The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls To these the people of a higher rank add the flesh of hogs and dogs, dressed in the same manner as at the Society Islands. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Being now well to the eastward of the Society Islands I steered more to the northward. A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship We touched at Bow Island in the Low Archipelago, Maitea and Tahiti in the Society Islands, and Hawaii and Oahu in the Sandwich group. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months A division into three classes, of nobles, of middle rank, and the common people, or servants, was found, by Captain Cook, to prevail, both at the Friendly and the Society Islands. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Tahiti, one of the group of Society Islands, was their next stopping place. The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls Their cloth is made of the same materials, and in the same manner, as at the Friendly and Society Islands. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time It was with much concern I saw how hopeless and even unjustifiable it was to persist any longer in attempting a passage this way to the Society Islands. A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship Scarcely had he been landed upon the beach, when he found, amongst the crowd there assembled, three of his own countrymen, natives of the Society Islands. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time The diversions of the natives at Wateeo, the Friendly, and the Society Islands, have been copiously described by Captain Cook. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 The writer then says, 'the object of our visit to the Society Islands being at length accomplished, we weighed on the 4th April, 1789. The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause and Consequences When Captain Cook first visited the Society Islands, it was very little known among them. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The ship then proceeded to the Society Islands, and anchored on February 10th off Otaheite. John Rutherford, the White Chief In numberless circumstances the people agree with the tribes who inhabit New Zealand, the Friendly and the Society Islands, and who seem to have had one common origin with them. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 Transactions at Otaheite, and the Society Islands; and prosecution of the Voyage to the Coast of North America, 1 SECT. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Mr. Percy Smith gives good reasons for the suggestion that the ancestors of the Maoris migrated from the Society Islands and from Rarotonga, and that their principal migration took place about five hundred years ago. The Long White Cloud It has been before observed, that the tarrow, at the Friendly and Society Islands, was always planted in low and moist situations, and generally where there was the convenience of a rivulet to flood it. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Eimeo, one of the French Society Islands; is hilly and woody, but well cultivated in the valleys; missionary enterprise in Polynesia first found a footing here. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Restoration Island is a point of some interest from having been first visited in 1789 by Captain Bligh, during his extraordinary and unparalleled voyage in the Bounty launch, from the Society Islands. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. When these multiply, of which I think there is little doubt, Otaheite and the Society Islands will equal, if not exceed, any place in the known word, for provisions. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 In the course of the day we passed the Bice Islands, and two days later, on the 25th of April, we beheld one of the Society Islands, Maithia. A Woman's Journey Round the World A nude woman, a native of the Society Islands, is lying on the ground beside a brook. Moon and Sixpence In this respect, and in the attitude of sitting, the assembly was purely pagan; totally unlike those of the Society Islands; as unlike as to one at home. Daughters of the Cross: or Woman's Mission The islands here described, the Society Islands of Cook, and now known as the Leeward Group of the Society Islands, were generally under the dominion of Tahiti. Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World Reflections relative to Otaheite and the Society Islands.—Astronomical and Nautical Observations made there. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Hogs were plentiful in the Society Islands, and could be procured cheaply. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders The Commodore had a Polynesian servant on board, whose services he had engaged at the Society Islands. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War At one time Stevenson became so ill that he was left with his wife on one of the Society Islands while the yacht sailed away for repairs. Halleck's New English Literature Nearly all the Society Islands are defended by them. Omoo We were astonished at the value and magnitude of this present, which far exceeded every thing of the kind we had seen, either at the Friendly or Society Islands. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 On April 28 the Bounty was sailing towards Tofoa, another of the Society Islands. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders He does not give any detailed proofs regarding the elevation of the Society Islands, but I shall refer to this subject in another part of this chapter. Coral Reefs By December 15 we had left the alluring Society Islands in the west, likewise elegant Tahiti, queen of the Pacific. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Among the Society Islands, the art of building them, like all native accomplishments, has greatly deteriorated; and they are now the most inelegant, as well as the most insecure of any in the South Seas. Omoo Here, again, it seems wisest to leave the remaining adventures in the South Seas to the reader's own discovery, simply stating that, after a sojourn at the Society Islands, Melville shipped for Honolulu. Typee He died within two days' sail of Otaheite, one of the Society Islands. The Narrative of Sojourner Truth These islands are entirely without reefs, as may be seen in Krusenstern's Atlas, making a remarkable contrast with the adjacent group of the Society Islands. Coral Reefs These curious combinations of names among the people of the Society Islands originate in the following way. Omoo At one of the Society Islands—Baiatair, I believe—the natives, for special reasons, desired to commend themselves particularly to the favour of the missionaries. Omoo |
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