Men from Under the Sky. Stanley Brown

      

      Men from Under the Sky

      (Frontispiece). Cakobau, 1817-82, king of Bau, great Fiji chief, whose government ceded Fiji to Great Britain in 1874.

      STANLEY BROWN

      Men from Under the Sky

      THE ARRIVAL OF WESTERNERS IN FIJI

      with a foreword by RAYMOND BURR

      CHARLES E. TUTTLE COMPANY

       Rutland • Vermont : Tokyo • Japan

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      Published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.

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      © 1973 by Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc.

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      Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 72-96774

       ISBN: 978-1-4629-1228-5 (ebook)

      First printing, 1973

      Printed in Japan

       Table of Contents

       LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

       FOREWORD by Raymond Burr

       INTRODUCTION

       1 Bligh's Bitter Fruit (1789-91)

       2 Scent of Sandalwood (1804-14)

       3 Soldier of Fortune (1808-13)

       4 Founder of Levuka Town (1824-71)

       5 Missionary Magic (1838-48)

       6 The First Chart (1840)

       7 U.S. Consul's Claim (1840-60)

       8 The Highest Honour (1857-63)

       9 "Magnificent George" (1872-74)

      10 Naval "Diplomats" (1873-74)

      11 Voice of Authority (1873-97)

       APPENDIX 1: Fijian Spelling

       APPENDIX 2: Important Dates in Fiji's History

       BIBLIOGRAPHY

       INDEX

      List of Illustrations

(Frontispiece). Cakobau, Fiji's great chief
1. Captain William Bligh	23
2. Tui Macuata	51
3. John Hunt	138
4. David Whippy	147
5. Chief Ma'afu	148
6. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N.	149
7. Levuka, Fiji's early capital	150
8. Commodore Goodenough	151
9. Sir Hercules Robinson	152
10. Royal Standard raised	153
11. Sir John B. Thurston	153
12. Sir John B. Thurston with servant	154
13. John B. Williams's consular uniform	187
14. George A. Woods	229

      MAPS

1. South Pacific Region	16
2. Fiji Islands	26-27
3. Sandalwood Bay and Coast on Vanua Levu	42-43
4. Rewa and Bau Regions on Viti Levu	76-77
5. Ovalau Island	94
6. Solevu and Wainunu Regions on Vanua Levu	116-117
7. Wilkes's 1840 Triangulation Map of Fiji	162-163