An account of the natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean. With an original grammar and vocabulary of their language. Compiled and arranged from the extensive communications of Mr. William Mariner, several years resident in those Islands. By John Martin, M.D. "The savages of America inspire less interest...since celebrated navigators have made known to us the inhabitants of the islands of the South Sea....The state of half-civilization in which those islanders are found gives a peculiar charm to the description of their manners....Such pictures, no doubt, have more attraction than those which pourtray the solemn gravity of the inhabitant of the banks of the Missouri or the Maranon." Preface to Humboldt's Personal Narrative. In two volumes. ...

• Material Type: 図書
• Title: An account of the natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean. With an original grammar and vocabulary of their language. Compiled and arranged from the extensive communications of Mr. William Mariner, several years resident in those Islands. By John Martin, M.D. "The savages of America inspire less interest...since celebrated navigators have made known to us the inhabitants of the islands of the South Sea....The state of half-civilization in which those islanders are found gives a peculiar charm to the description of their manners....Such pictures, no doubt, have more attraction than those which pourtray the solemn gravity of the inhabitant of the banks of the Missouri or the Maranon." Preface to Humboldt's Personal Narrative. In two volumes. ...
• Author Heading: Mariner, William, 1791-1853.; Martin, John, 1789-1869.
• Publication, Distribution, etc.: London : Printed for the Author, and sold by John Murray, Albermarle-Street.
• Publication Date: 1817.
• Publication Date (W3CDTF): 1817
• Extent: 2 v. plate 22 cm.
• Place of Publication (Country Code): GB
• Text Language Code: eng
• Subject Heading: Ethnology -- Tonga.; Tonga language (Tonga Islands); Tonga language (Tonga Islands) -- Grammar.
• LCC: DU880
• NDLC: G171
• Note (General): Signatures on verso of plate in Vol. 1:John Statham, August 22 1829. G.E. Britton, March 24th 1843. Calcutta.; First edition.
• Holding library: 国立国会図書館
• Call No.: G171-55
• Data Provider (Database): 国立国会図書館 : 国立国会図書館蔵書; https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp
• Bibliographic ID (NDL): 000006267386; http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/000006267386
• LC Control Number: 32009490 /Revised; https://lccn.loc.gov/32009490
• Bibliographic Record Category (NDL): 211