Passing Worlds: Tahiti in the Era of Captain Cook

Cover
Contents
Prophecy
The Dolphin
	iron
	George Robertson’s Poem
	Approach
	Babel of Signs
	The Landing
	Marae
	Purea, a “Great Woman
	Skin
	Not Recorded: Girl
	Nails
	Tupaia, High Priest
The Brief Adventure of the French
	Points of Interest
	A Tahitian in Paris
The Endeavour, from England  to the South Pacific
	James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton,  President of the Royal Society
	The Mission
	James Cook, Captain
	Provisions
	Joseph Banks, Botanist and Patron
	Daniel Solander, Botanist
	Sydney Parkinson, Artist
	Not Recorded: Dorlton and
 Richmond, Servants
	Sailors
	Parkinson on Board
	Richmond and Dorlton: Night
	Tierra del Fuego
	Cook: The Nature of Seamen
One Look Back
	The Endeavour at Tahiti
	Reef
	Fa‘a, an Old Priest
	Fa‘a, Ambassador
	Impressions of the Natives of
 King George’s Island
	Parkinson: Morality
	Parkinson: Dye-Making
	Incident
	And Everywhere There Was
 Joseph Banks
	The Sailors Prepare to Depart
	Cook: Departure
	Tupaia Leaving
	Elizabeth Batts Cook
Counterpoint
	Truth Is the Daughter of Time
	In Matavai Bay
	Incidental
	Possession
	The Chief Mourner
	Counterpoint
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected sources