Wrecked among cannibals in the Fijis : A narrative of shipwreck & adventure in…
"Wrecked among cannibals in the Fijis : A narrative of shipwreck & adventure in…" by William Endicott is a historical maritime narrative written in the early 20th century. It recounts a Salem third mate’s beche-de-mer trading voyage across the South Seas, culminating in shipwreck among the Fiji Islands, encounters with warlike communities, and hard-won survival. The volume blends first-hand seafaring adventure with ethnographic observation, and is supplemented by editorial notes, illustrations, and
brief vocabularies of local languages. The opening of the narrative sets the scene with an editor’s introduction to New England’s youthful seafaring culture, the ship Glide’s history, the beche-de-mer trade geared to the Chinese market, and the constant need for arms and vigilance in Fiji. Endicott then begins his log: departing Salem, touching at the Bay of Islands in New Zealand and the Friendly (Tonga) Islands for provisions and interpreters, and entering the reef-laced Fijis. After striking a rock, the Glide is assisted by the Salem brig Quill; the crew constructs a raft, heaves the ship down, and effects makeshift repairs. Shore stations are built to cure beche-de-mer, large numbers of islanders are hired, and trade goods (iron tools, muskets, whale’s teeth) change hands, but early setbacks arrive fast—fires, theft, and shifting to new bays as supplies thin and tensions rise. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Read or download for free
| How to read | Url | Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read now! | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76873.html.images | 162 kB | |||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76873.epub3.images | 2.4 MB | |||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76873.epub.images | 2.4 MB | |||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76873.epub.noimages | 177 kB | |||
| Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76873.kf8.images | 3.4 MB | |||
| older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76873.kindle.images | 3.4 MB | |||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76873.txt.utf-8 | 126 kB | |||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/76873/pg76873-h.zip | 2.2 MB | |||
| There may be more files related to this item. | |||||
Similar Books
About this eBook
| Author | Endicott, William, 1809-1881 |
|---|---|
| Commentator | Jenkins, Lawrence W. (Lawrence Waters), 1872-1961 |
| LoC No. | 23013390 |
| Title | Wrecked among cannibals in the Fijis : A narrative of shipwreck & adventure in the South Seas |
| Alternate Title | Wrecked among cannibals in the Fijis : A narrative of shipwreck and adventure in the South Seas |
| Original Publication | Salem: Maine Research Society, 1923. |
| Credits | Terry Jeffress and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | DU: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: History of Oceania (South Seas) |
| Subject | Glide (Ship) |
| Subject | Fiji |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 76873 |
| Release Date | Sep 13, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 457 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |