The Countries of the World: Being a Popular Description of the Various Continents, Islands, Rivers, Seas, and Peoples of the Globe, Volumes 3-4Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1892 |
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... King Lunalilo's death , a house was elected , for the first time in Hawaiian history , in which there was only one foreigner . Lunalilo , the " well beloved , " was a democratic prince , and showed extreme deference to the popular will ...
... King Lunalilo's death , a house was elected , for the first time in Hawaiian history , in which there was only one foreigner . Lunalilo , the " well beloved , " was a democratic prince , and showed extreme deference to the popular will ...
Page 66
... King to aid in repressing his rebellious subject chiefs . Most of the natives are now Christians - either of the Wesleyan or Roman Catholic types - and it is no longer dangerous to travel unarmed over almost any of the islands . Owing ...
... King to aid in repressing his rebellious subject chiefs . Most of the natives are now Christians - either of the Wesleyan or Roman Catholic types - and it is no longer dangerous to travel unarmed over almost any of the islands . Owing ...
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... King Sound C. Leveque C. Baskerville Roebuck B man Land Sturt Creek Straft Torre C.York Duyfhen P Arnhem Land NORTH AUSTRALIA Mt Warbarton L.Wood Roper Melville B. Arnhem GULF OF Groote Eylandt CARPENTARIA Sir E Pelew Group Wellesley ...
... King Sound C. Leveque C. Baskerville Roebuck B man Land Sturt Creek Straft Torre C.York Duyfhen P Arnhem Land NORTH AUSTRALIA Mt Warbarton L.Wood Roper Melville B. Arnhem GULF OF Groote Eylandt CARPENTARIA Sir E Pelew Group Wellesley ...
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