When the Salem ship Glide was lost in the Fiji Islands, William Endicott was among the crew who lived among Fijian chiefs. His narrative describes the wreck, the island people, the presentation of tribute to the king and a cannibal feast, followed by a short vocabulary of the language and a list of the ship’s officers and crew.
A rare firsthand record of early American trade in the Pacific, annotated for the Marine Research Society. Download the free EPUB.