First Contacts in Polynesia: The Samoan Case (1722–1848): Western Misunderstandings About Sexuality and Divinity by Serge Tcherkézoff

First Contacts in Polynesia: The Samoan Case (1722–1848): Western Misunderstandings About Sexuality and Divinity

Serge Tcherkézoff

241 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

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This book explores the first encounters between Samoans and Europeans up to the arrival of the missionaries, using all available sources for the years 1722 to the 1830s, paying special attention to the first encounter on land with the Laperouse ex...

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