EditorialEdwards's Australasian catalogue. Catalogue of books relating to Australasia, Malaysia, Polynesia, the Pacific coast of America, and the South Seas; on sale at the prices affixed : Edwards, Francis (Firm).
EditorialPortrait of Poulaho, King of Tonga, Text in Dutch in the margin, ruler, sovereign, historical persons, adult man, folk costume, regional costume, Polynesia, king of Tongo Poulaho, Ignaz Sebastian Klauber (possibly), 1795 - 1803, paper, etching, h 227 m...
EditorialOphichthys boro, Print, The rice-paddy eel (Pisodonophis boro; also known commonly as the Bengal's snake-eel, the estuary snake eel, or the snake eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm-snake eels). It was described by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton...
EditorialLabroides dimidiatus, Print, The bluestreak cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, is one of several species of cleaner wrasses found on coral reefs from Eastern Africa and the Red Sea to French Polynesia. Like other cleaner wrasses, it eats parasites a...
EditorialHemidactylus fraenatus, Print, Hemidactylus is a genus of the common gecko family, Gekkonidae. It has about 157 described species, newfound ones being described every few years. These geckos are found in all the tropical regions of the world, extending...
EditorialHalcyon chloris, Print, The collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) is a medium-sized kingfisher belonging to the subfamily Halcyoninae, the tree kingfishers. It is also known as the white-collared kingfisher or mangrove kingfisher. It has a wide ran...
EditorialCambogia, Print, Garcinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Clusiaceae native to Asia, America, Australia, tropical and southern Africa, and Polynesia. The number of species is disputed between various sources: with Kew Gardens recognizing u...
EditorialAnas superciliosa, Print, The Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa), commonly known as the PBD, is a dabbling duck found in much of Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and many islands in the southwestern Pacific, reaching to the Caroline I...
Editorial1799, Cary Map of the Western Hemisphere, America and Polynesia, John Cary, 1754 ? 1835, was an English cartographer, John Cary, 1754 ? 1835, English cartographer.
EditorialTaawattaa. Journal of a Cruise made to the Pacific Ocean by C. Bradford & Inskeep: Philadelphia, 1815. Portrait of Taawattaa, a priest. Possibly a native of what Captain Porter described as Nooaheevah or Madison island, now known as Nuku Hiva in the Ma...
Editorial1799, Cary Map of the Western Hemisphere, America and Polynesia, John Cary, 1754 ? 1835, was an English cartographer, John Cary, 1754 ? 1835, English cartographer.
EditorialYoung girl with headdress, necklace, shift and feather fan, with tattoos on her arms and legs from Nuku Hiva island (Madison), French Polynesia. Handcoloured woodcut by Vangauberche from Auguste Wahlen's "Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples ...