fiji in the 19th century

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Tapa Cloth (Fiji), 19th century (CH 18344477)

Tapa Cloth (Fiji), 19th century (CH 18344477)

Oblong panel of tapa cloth with a geometric design painted in two shades of brown. Two long borders have squares enclosing trefoils.

Felswände auf Vatu-Lele - Public domain portrait drawing

Felswände auf Vatu-Lele - Public domain portrait drawing

Lithograph from drawing of Th. Kleinschmidt on the Fiji Island Vatu-Lele Deutsch: Die doppelt unterwaschenen Felswände auf Vatu-Lele nach der Natur gezeichnet von Th Kleinschmidt

Thakambau on board Wairarapa, Levuka, Fiji, 1884, albumen print

Thakambau on board Wairarapa, Levuka, Fiji, 1884, albumen print

Thakambau on board Wairarapa, Levuka, Fiji. This is likely not Cakobau since he died in 1883. The man in the picture is also younger than Cakobau.

Thakambau on board Wairarapa, Levuka, Fiji, 1884, b&w negative

Thakambau on board Wairarapa, Levuka, Fiji, 1884, b&w negative

Thakambau on board Wairarapa, Levuka, Fiji. This is likely not Cakobau since he died in 1883. The man in the picture is also younger than Cakobau.

Former fidjian catamaran XIXe century

Former fidjian catamaran XIXe century

former fidjian catamaran - XIXe century Français : Ancien catamaran fidjien - XIXe siècle

FMIB 53029 Chart of the Viti Group or Feejee Islands by hte U S Ex Ex 1840

FMIB 53029 Chart of the Viti Group or Feejee Islands by hte U S Ex Ex ...

Chart of the Viti Group or Feejee Islands by hte U. S. Ex. Ex. 1840 Subject: Viti Levu (Fiji)--Maps Geographic Subject: Fiji--Viti Levu Tag: Coasts

Bure of Na Tavasara, Taveuni (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)

Bure of Na Tavasara, Taveuni (Boston. Congregational Publishing Societ...

Bure of Na Tavasara, Taveuni. Public domain image of 17th-18th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bure of Na Utuutu (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)
Bure of Na Vata-ni-Tawake, Mbau (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)

Bure of Na Vata-ni-Tawake, Mbau (Boston. Congregational Publishing Soc...

Bure of Na Vata-ni-Tawake, Mbau. Public domain image of 17th-18th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chapel, Mission-House, and School, Mbua (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)

Chapel, Mission-House, and School, Mbua (Boston. Congregational Publis...

Chapel, Mission-House, and School, Mbua. Engraving found in the second volume of Fiji and the Fijian. These illustrations are unattributed, but some of them may have been done by the wife of his colleague Rev.... More

Drums and Musical Instruments (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)

Drums and Musical Instruments (Boston. Congregational Publishing Socie...

Drums and Musical Instruments. Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fans and Sun-screens (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)
Fijian Pottery (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)
Fijian Clubs (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)
Fright of natives on first seeing a horse (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)

Fright of natives on first seeing a horse (Boston. Congregational Publ...

Fright of natives on first seeing a horse. This engraving depicts a scene from around 1851 when David Hazlewood, a Wesleyan Christian missionary stationed at Nadi Bay on the island of Vanua Levu, first introdu... More

Girl Playing on the Nose-Flute (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)
Graves of Mr. Cross (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)

Graves of Mr. Cross (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)

Grave of Rev. William Cross. Engraving found in the second volume of Fiji and the Fijian. These illustrations are unattributed, but some of them may have been done by the wife of his colleague Rev. Richard Bur... More

Mbau (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)

Mbau (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)

Mbau. Engraving found in the second volume of Fiji and the Fijian. These illustrations are unattributed, but some of them may have been done by the wife of his colleague Rev. Richard Burdsall Lyth, who was a f... More

Modes of Hair-dressing (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)

Modes of Hair-dressing (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 187...

Modes of Hair-dressing. Public domain photograph of 19th-century fashion design, dress catalog, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nambekavu (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)

Nambekavu (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)

Nambekavu. Nabekavu, (Nambekavu), an island in the river Tuvu, about two miles from its mouth. The island is occupied by a town. The river empties itself into the sea on the north coast of Vanua Levu, at about... More

Ngavindi (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)
Preaching at Mbau (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)

Preaching at Mbau (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)

Preaching at Mbau. Engraving found in the second volume of Fiji and the Fijian. These illustrations are unattributed, but some of them may have been done by the wife of his colleague Rev. Richard Burdsall Lyth... More

Savu Falls (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)
Sleeping Bures (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)
Takiveleyawa (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)

Takiveleyawa (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)

Takiveleyawa, a hill which figures in Fijian mythology relating to the underworld.

Le Tour du monde-01-p196

Le Tour du monde-01-p196

Français : Types vitiens. English: Fijian people.

Le Tour du monde-01-p200

Le Tour du monde-01-p200

Français : Mbure-kalou ou temple, et scène de cannibalisme. English: Mbure-kalou or temple, and scene of cannibalism.

Le Tour du monde-01-p205

Le Tour du monde-01-p205

Français : Intérieur d’un mbure-ni-sa ou maison des étrangers. English: Interior of a mbure-ni-sa or house of strangers.

Le Tour du monde-01-p201 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Le Tour du monde-01-p201 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Français : Danse de guerriers vitiens. English: Dance of Fijian warriors

The Chapel the Fijians Built - Aunt Elizabeth's Missionary Voyage (p.19, February 1859, XVI) - Copy

The Chapel the Fijians Built - Aunt Elizabeth's Missionary Voyage (p.1...

The Chapel the Fijians Built - Aunt Elizabeth's Missionary Voyage (p.19, February 1859, XVI)

Cakobau with son and heir, 1861

Cakobau with son and heir, 1861

Seated portrait of Thakombau, king of the Fijian group and his son (possibly Ratu Epeli Nailatikau). When the British HMS Pelorus was in Fiji in 1861.

Council of Chiefs, Waikava, 1876

Council of Chiefs, Waikava, 1876

Great Council of Chiefs, Waikava. The Great Council of Chiefs meeting at Waikava was opened by Governor Gordon on 20 November 1876 and lasted nearly 3 weeks. Gordon outlined his plans for indirect rule and est... More

HMS Pelorus, at Vanua Levu, 1861

HMS Pelorus, at Vanua Levu, 1861

HMS Pelorus, in Macuata waters at Vanua Levu, 1861. Left to right: unknown, Ma`afu (seated at back); Siale`ataongo; consular interpreter Charles Wise; unknown; Ritova; Consul Pritchard aboard HMS Pelorus, in M... More

HMS Pelorus, in Macuata waters, 1861

HMS Pelorus, in Macuata waters, 1861

HMS Pelorus, in Macuata waters at Vanua Levu, 1861. Left to right: unknown, Ma`afu (seated at back); Siale`ataongo; consular interpreter Charles Wise; unknown; Ritova; Consul Pritchard aboard HMS Pelorus, in M... More

Island of Ovalau, Fiji, 1861

Island of Ovalau, Fiji, 1861

Showing a group of Fijians in western dress on the shoreline of the Island of Ovalau, Fiji, with a long wooden building in the background.

King's house at Mbau, Fiji, undated

King's house at Mbau, Fiji, undated

The King's house at Mbau, Fiji. Modern influences are shown in windows on each side of the door; also in the raised garden house. The fence is a good specimen of the Fijian barriersplaced around their gardens ... More

Ma'afu with wife and son, 1861

Ma'afu with wife and son, 1861

Group seated portrait of Ma'afu, head of the Tongans resident in Fiji, his wife and their child. When the British HMS Pelorus was in Fiji in 1861.

Ma'afu, his wife and their child, 1861

Ma'afu, his wife and their child, 1861

Group seated portrait of Maafu, head of the Tongans resident in Fiji, his wife and their child. When the British HMS Pelorus was in Fiji in 1861.

Native mountaineers in Ovalau, 1861

Native mountaineers in Ovalau, 1861

Group portrait of native mountaineers holding stone hammers, photographed in front of a native hut at Ovalau.

Qara-ni-Valu, blind chief of the Island of Kadavu, photograph by Francis H. Dufty

Qara-ni-Valu, blind chief of the Island of Kadavu, photograph by Franc...

Qara-ni-Valu, blind chief of the Island of Kadavu, between 1870 and 1889.

Thakambau’s eldest son, native judge, c. 1869

Thakambau’s eldest son, native judge, c. 1869

Thakambau’s eldest son, native judge.

Thakambau’s eldest son and his wife, c. 1869

Thakambau’s eldest son and his wife, c. 1869

Thakambau’s eldest son and his wife.

Thakambau’s second son and his wife, c. 1869

Thakambau’s second son and his wife, c. 1869

Thakambau’s second son and his wife.

Thakombau, king of the Fijian group and his son, 1861

Thakombau, king of the Fijian group and his son, 1861

Seated portrait of Thakombau, king of the Fijian group and his son (possibly Ratu Epeli Nailatikau). When the British HMS Pelorus was in Fiji in 1861.

Melanesian men from Fiji

Melanesian men from Fiji

Mountaineers from inland Viti Levu (Kai Colo people). Public domain image of 19th-century Swedish ethnographic expeditions, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plantation on Ovalau

Plantation on Ovalau

Plantation on Ovalau, one of the Fiji islands. Public domain image of 19th-century Swedish ethnographic expeditions, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American Consulate in Levuka

American Consulate in Levuka

American Consulate in Levuka, on Ovalau, one of the Fiji islands.. Public domain image of 19th-century Swedish ethnographic expeditions, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - P... More

Polynesian woman from Fiji

Polynesian woman from Fiji

Polynesian woman from Fiji. Public domain image of 19th-century Swedish ethnographic expeditions, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description