Argonauts of the Eastern Atlantic
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Act 1: 1795-1826 Act 2: 1827-1894 Act 3: 1895-2025
Scene 1: 16 March 1797, Matavai Bay Scene 12: 6 May 1827, Avarua Scene 23: 1895, Crystal Palace
Scene 2: 21 November 1803, Scots Church Scene 13: July 1832, Barmen  Scene 24: 1904, Anglo-Chinese College, Tsientsin
Scene 3: 31 July 1814, Klaarwater Scene 14: November 1836, Caureavilly near Mandycadoo Scene 25: 1908, Royal Agricultural Hall, London
Scene 4: 31 October 1816, Parramatta Scene 15: 11 April 1838, New London Bridge Scene 26: 1914, New Bridge Street, London
Scene 5: June 1819, Le Resouvenir  Scene 16: 5 July 1840, Zhoushan Scene 27: 1932, Tokyo
Scene 6: September 1819, Calcutta Scene 17. 23 January 1843, Mission House, Blomfield Street,  Scene 28: 1948, Livingstone House, London
Scene 7: 31 March 1822, Kealekekua Bay Scene 18: 21 March 1849, New Providence Chapel House, Georgetown Scene 29: 1968, Avarua
Scene 8. 26 June 1823, Dithakong Scene 19: 25 September 1856, Antananarivo Scene 30: 1973, London
Scene 9: 13 May 1823, Queen Street Chapel, London Scene 20: Summer 1867, Exposition Universelle, Paris Scene 31: 1991, Kuruman
Scene 10: 21 May 1825, Bahtabah Scene 21: 23 August 1878, Lake Tanganyika Scene 32: 2012, Singapore
Scene 11. 23 July 1825, Bangalore Scene 22: 8 March 1894, British Museum Scene 33: 4 March 2023, Papeete

Act One

  • 1. The Cession of the District of Matavai
  • 2. The Revd. Mr Kicherer, Mary, John and Martha
  • 3. The Giraffe or Camelopardalis
  • 4. The Idol Gods of Otaheite
  • 5. Pehi (South America), an instrument of Obiah
  • 6. Twenty-two models of Hindoo deities
  • 7. Specimens of the principal kinds of native cloth
  • 8. A Mantatese Apron
  • 9. Dr Morrison's Chinese and English Dictionary
  • 10. Two of the Tur Rursna
  • 11. The Virgin Mary and Child

Act Two

  • 12. A Gigantic Idol, twelve feet high
  • 13. All wrapped up in a piece of Tahitian cloth
  • 14. Paramasattee, a wooden idol with spoons attached
  • 15. The Departure of the Camden, Missionary Ship
  • 16. Idol taken in the late war, from the chief temple at Chusan
  • 17. An exact model of a Bechuana house
  • 18. Boa constrictor and alligator in conflict
  • 19. Rainitsontsoraka. Christian Martyr.
  • 20. Missions, Erromango, No. 725
  • 21. Representation of the Spirits of the Ancestors
  • 22. Karo. Fish Trap. Baited Inside.

Act Three

  • 23. Model of the S.S. John Williams
  • 24. Hall of New Learning
  • 25. Malu Ceremonies
  • 26. Weapons Brought from Polynesia
  • 27. Homage to the British Museum
  • 28. Malagasy Buried Bible
  • 29. Presentation of Mangaian Adzes
  • 30. The Supreme Deity of Polynesia
  • 31. The Caffre Chiefs Examination before the House of Commons Committee
  • 32. Collecting Boxes
  • 33. Te Fare Iamanaha, Museum of Tahiti and the Isles

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