A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 eBook

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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 eBook

Robert Kerr (writer)
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 938 pages of information about A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels.

Oderic’s Travels into China and the East, i. 392. 
Omai, notices of, xiv. 165. xv. 183. 327. 
  His reception among his Countrymen, xvi. 7. 
  Established on his Island, xvi. 73. 81. 
Oonalashka described, xvi. 321. 373. 
  Vegetables, 395. 
  Animals, 394. 
  Furs at, 386. 
  Inhabitants, 387. 398. 
Ormus described, vi. 105. vii. 78. 148. 475. 
 Ships of, viii. 6. 
Ostrich, xi. 189. 
Otaheite discovered and described by Wallis, xii. 175. 204. 
  Extent, xiv. 131. 
  Surface, xiii. 2. 
  Produce, 3. xvi. 112. 119. 
  Winds, 111. 
  Animals, xiii. 4. 
  Inhabitants’ stature, xiii. 4. 
  Personal customs, 6. xiv. 155. note. 
  Tattooing, xiii. 7. 
  Clothing, 10. 
  Houses, 12. 
  Food, 15. xiv. 176. xvi. 119. 
  Bread-fruit, xiii. 16. 
  Drink, 18. xiv. 179. 
  Meals, xiii. 19. 
  Musical instruments, xiii. 23. 
  Dances, 25. 
  Theatre, xiv. 153. xvi. 39. 
  Female morals, xiii. 26. xiv. 180. xvi. 122. 
  Arreoy, xiii. 27. 
  Manufactures, xiii. 294. xvi. 118. 
  Cloth, 29. 
  Dyes, 32. 
  Matting, &c. 34. 
  Fish-hooks, 36. 
  Tools, 37. 
  Canoes, xii. 214. xiii. 38. xiv. 315. 
  Naval review, xiv. 307. 326. xvi. 46. 
  Extent of their navigation, xvi. 138. 
  Swimming, xii. 467. 
  Wrestling match, 454. 
  Division of time, xiii. 44. 
  Numeration, 45. 
  Language, 46. xvi. 117. 
  Diseases, xiii. 47. xvi. 115. 
  Mourning and Funerals, xii. 478. 491. xiii. 54. xvi. 41. 51. 
  Religion, xiii. 59. xvi. 125. 
  Human Sacrifices, xv. 24. 
  Priests, xiii. 61. 
  Government, 66. xvi. 132. 
  Inhabitants contrasted with those of the Friendly Isles, xvi. 114. 
  Customs of, similar to those of distant Islands, xvi. 122. note. 
  Circumnavigation, xii. 482.—­See Society Islands. 
Owhyhee discovered and described, xvi. 321. 373. 
  Ceremonies used to Captain Cook, 424. 
  Inhabitants, 431. 
  Games, 436. 
  Taboo, 427.—­See Sandwich Islands.

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Pagodas, ii. 362. 
Palm-tree in Chili described, v. 230. 
Palmito described, viii. 260. 
Patagonians, account of, x. 8. xi. 272. xii. 29. 127. 133. 
Panama described, x. 250.  Produce, 255. 
Paradise, bird of, described, x. 325. xi. 114. 
Palliser Islands described, xi. 99. 
Pacific Ocean, discoveries in, xv. 120. 
Payta described, xi. 372. 
Pearl Fishery, account of, i. 93. iii. 392. vii. 167. x. 506. 
Pearl Oysters, account of, x. 248. 3O6. 
Pear, prickly, v. 261. 
Pegu described, vi. 173. 255. vii. 110. 184. 490. viii. 448. 
Pelican described, x. 305. 
Peruvian Spaniards, their character, v. 182. 
Peru, houses, &c. x. 240. 
  Pedlars, xi. 25. 
  Lima, xi. 30. 
  Climate, 32. 
  Manners, food, &c. 32. 
  Mines near, 37. 
Persia described, vii. 77. 

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