Twelve days at Nuku Hiva
Subtitle: Russian encounters and mutiny in the South Pacific
By: Elena Govor.
Publisher: University of Hawaiʻi Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780824833688
Subjects: Russia. -- Voennyĭ flot -- History -- 19th century; Acculturation -- French Polynesia -- Nuka Hiva -- History -- 19th century; Marquesans -- French Polynesia -- Nuka Hiva -- History -- 19th century; Russians -- French Polynesia -- Nuka Hiva -- History -- 19th century; Mutiny -- French Polynesia -- Nuka Hiva -- History -- 19th century; Nuka Hiva (French Polynesia) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century; Nuka Hiva (French Polynesia) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Nuka Hiva (French Polynesia) -- Discovery and exploration, Russian; Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) -- Discovery and exploration, Russian
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. From Russia to Nuku Hiva; title: pt. 2. Nuku Hiva; title: Sighting the other : expectations and apprehensions; title: Day 1: Encounter : 25 April (7 May) 1804; title: Day 2: Discovery : 26 April (8 May) 1804; title: Day 3: Immersion : 27 April (9 May) 1804; title: Day 4: Tattooing : 28 April (10 May) 1804; title: Day 5: Heresy : 29 April (11 May) 1804; title: Day 6: Tension : 30 April (12 May) 1804; title: Day 7: Temptations : 1/13 May 1804; title: Day 8: Catharsis : 2/14 May 1804; title: Day 9: Dislocation : 3/15 May 1804; title: Day 10-12: Parting : 4/16-6/18 May 1804; title: pt. 3. From Nuku Hiva to Russia; title: Epilogue: Nuku Hiva revisited.