"Twelve Days at Nuku Hiva: Russian Encounters and Mutiny in the South Pacific" by Elena Govor

This book emerged from a research project, ‘Tatau/tattoo: Embodied art and cultural exchange’, funded by the Getty Grant Program (2002–2004), which provided the initial support for the search for forgotten Russian documentation on the first Russian expedition in the South Pacific.


Contents
Acknowledgments
Note on Spelling and Translations
Part I: From Russia to Nuku Hiva
The Broken Icon
Noah's Ark—the Men Aboard
The Naval Officers
Surgeons, Naturalists, and the Scientific Program
Nikolai Rezanov and the Russian Embassy to Japan
A Russian La Perouse, a Russian Cook
No God but the Sails
In Search of Discoveries and Fame
Part II: Nuku Hiva
Sighting the Other: Expectations and Apprehensions
DAY 1. Encounter. 25 April (7 May) 1804
‘I had the honor of Being an English man'
'Children of nature in all their beauty'
Barter without'Freedom of Trade'
‘Bonjour': Enter Monsieur Kabris
Kiatonui Tapega, the King of the Valley
Night Pleasures, Expected and Unexpected
DAY 2. Discovery. 26 April (8 May) 1804
The Naturalist's Gaze, the Royal Gaze
A Visit to Kiatonui, Taboo, and Local Protocol
Discovering the Social Structure of Nuku Hiva
Individuals behind the 'National Physiognomy'
Water, Wood, and Communication
Gifts and Misunderstandings
DAY 3. Immersion. 27 April (9 May) 1804
The Neva at Ha'atuatua Bay
Ma'uhau, the Firemaker to the King
The Marquesan Body and Eroticism
Speaking of the Unspeakable
'Cannibal Dances'
Postscript: Count Tolstoy and His Ape
DAY 4. Tattooing. 28 April (10 May) 1804
The Neva Arrives at Taiohae
Free Trade
Tepootu, Tatovka, Tattoo
‘The tattooist has the upper hand on the ship'
DAY 5. Heresy. 29 April (11 May) 1804
The Neva at Taiohae
The Discovery of Hakatea Bay—Intermezzo
Shemelin's Party on Shore and ‘the Man of Nature'
DAY 6 Tension. 30 April (12 May) 1804
Barter and Laughter
War or Peace?
Dikie, Wilden, and Zeika Zeika
DAY 7 Temptations. 1/13 May 1804
A New Visit to Kiatonui
The Goddess of the Bay
A Visit to a Morai
Etna, Tau'a, and the Possessed
Temptations of One Sort…
… and of Another
DAY 8 Catharsis. 2/14 May 1804
A Visit to the Neva by ‘Royal' Females
Iron Hoops and Native Hogs
Barter or Trade?
The Russian Revolt
Postscript to Day 8
DAY 9 Dislocation. 3/15 May 1804
Port L.
Hakaui Valley
Crossing the Mountains
Felicite's Story
DAYS 10-12 Parting4/16—6/18 May 1804
Preparing to Sail
Treacherous Bay. Treacherous People
Warping, and the Last Visitors
Departure, Tears, and Joys
Part III: From Nuku Hiva to Russia
Epilogue: Nuku Hiva Revisited
Notes
Bibliography
Archival Materials
Australia
Estonia
France
Germany
Russia
Switzerland
United States
Primary Printed Materials
Secondary Sources
Index
About the Author

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