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Beskrivning
In this 900-page work, Parkinson drew together and expanded on the scientific and popular papers he had been publishing since 1887, creating in the process a landmark ethnography of the Bismarck Archipelago.
Richard Parkinson (1844–1909) was a Danish explorer and anthropologist.
Innehållsförteckning
Editor’s prefaceTranslator’s preface‘The German professor’: Richard ParkinsonAuthor’s forewordEditor’s forewordNew Britain with the French islands and the Duke of YorksNew Ireland, New Hanover and their offshore islandsSt Matthias and the neighbouring islandsThe Admiralty IslandsThe western islandsThe German Solomon Islands, together with Nissan and the Carteret IslandsThe eastern islands (Nuguria, Tauu and Nukumanu)Secret societies, totemism, masks and mask dancesStories and fablesLanguagesCultigens and useful plants, domesticated and hunted animalsHistory of discoveryIndex
