An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology

Literature on the Marquesas

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Literature on the Marquesas

Early Voyagers
  • Belcher (1836-1842)
  • Bennett (1833-1836)
  • Cook (1772-1775)
  • Coulter (1832-1836)
  • Dumont D'urville (1837-1840)
  • Du Petit-Thouars (1836-1839)
  • Krusenstern (1803-1806)
  • Langsdorff (1803-1806)
  • Lisiansky (1803-1806)
  • Marchand (1790-1792)
  • Mendana (1595-1596)
  • Porter (1812-1814)
  • Roqueeeuil (1816-1819)
  • Stewart (1829-1830)
  • Vancouver (1791-1795)
  • Wilkes (1838-1842)
  • Wilson (1796-1798)
Other Writers

Christian, F. W., Eastern Pacific Islands: Tahiti and the Marquesas, London, 1910.

Delmas, P. S., La réligion ou le paganisme des Marquisiens, Paris, 1927.

Dodge, E. S., The Marquesan collection in the Peabody Museum of Salem, Salem, 1939.

Dordillon, I. R., Grammaire et dictionnaire de la langue des lies Marquises, Paris, 1904.

Elbert, Samuel H., Chants and love songs of the Marquesas Islands: Polynesian Soc., Jour., vol. 50, pp. 53-91, 1941.

Handy, Willowdean C., L'art des Iles Marquises, Paris, 1938.

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Mathias, Le PÉre G., Lettres sur les Iles Marquises, Paris, 1843.

Melville, Herman, Typee, New York, 1876.

Shillibeer, J., A narrative of the Briton's voyage to Pitcairn's Island, 2d ed., pp. 35-76, London, 1817.

Steinen, Karl von den, Reise nach den Marquesas-Inseln: Verhand. der Gesell. für Erdkunde zu Berlin, vol. 25, pp. 489-513, Berlin, 1898.

Steinen, Karl von den, Marquesanische Knotenschnüre: Deutsche Gesell. Anthrop. Ethnol. und Urgeschichte, Korrespondenz-blatt, vol. 34, pp. 108-115, 1904.

Steinen, Karl von den, Die Marquesaner und ihre Kunst, primitive Südsee-ornamentik, vol. 1, Tautauierung, Berlin, 1925; vol. 2, Die Sammlungen, Berlin, 1928.

Tautain, L. F., Etude sur le mariage des Polynesiens (Mao'i) des Iles Marquises: L'Anthropologie, vol. 6, pp. 640-651, 1895.

Tautain, L. F., Notes sur l'éthnographie des Iles Marquises: L'Anthropologie, vol. 7, pp. 543-552, 1896.

Tautain, L. F., Sur I'anthropophagie et les sacrifices humains aux Iles Marquises: L'Anthropologie, vol. 7, pp. 443-452, 1896.

Tautain, L. F., Notes sur les constructions et monuments des Marquises: L'Anthropologie, vol. 8, pp. 538-558, 667-678, 1897.

Tautain, L. F., Etude sur la dépopulation de l'Archipel des Marquises: L'Anthropologie, vol. 9, pp. 298-318, 418-436, 1898.

Vincendon-Dumoulin, A. C., and Desgraz, C., Iles Marquises ou Nouku-Hiva, Paris, 1843.

Bishop Museum Publications

Handy, E. S. C., Native culture of the Marquesas, Bull. 9, 1923.

Handy, E. S. C., and Winne, Jane, Music of the Marquesas Islands, Bull. 17, 1925.

Handy, E. S. C., Marquesan legends, Bull. 69, 1930.

Handy, Willowdean C., Tattooing in the Marquesas, Bull. 1, 1923.

Handy, Willowdean C., String figures from the Marquesas and Society Islands, Bull 18, 1925.

Linton, Ralph, Material culture of the Marquesas Islands, Mem., vol. 8, no. 5, 1923.

Linton, Ralph, Archaeology of the Marquesas Islands, Bull. 23, 1925.

Sullivan, L. R., Marquesan somatology, Mem., vol. 9, no. 2, 1923.

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Title: An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology

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