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Beatrice Grimshaw was born in Ireland. She was an adventurer at heart since childhood and an independent soul who longed to travel to far away places. Until 1903 she had been a freelance journalist, a tour organiser and an emigration promoter but her dream was to go to the South Pacific islands. Embarking from San Francisco in 1904, she sailed first to Tahiti, followed by a four month voyage through the South Pacific and an additional two months on the island of Niue. During this trip, she visited Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Rarotonga and some of the Cook islands. She returned to London and published "In the Strange South Seas" in 1907. In the book, Grimshaw not only recounts her adventures but she also describes the customs and lifestyles of the native populations as well as giving an exhaustive picture of the region's fauna and wildlife. The book also contain accounts of cannibalism, head-hunting, poisoning and tribal magic.

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Book category Książki po angielsku Lifestyle, sport & leisure Travel & holiday Travel writing

• Full title: In the Strange South Seas
• Subtitle: Travel and Adventures of an Irish Woman in the South Pacific in 1907
• Author: Beatrice Grimshaw
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 388
• EAN: 9781906393014
• ISBN: 9781906393014
• ID: 08863223
• Publisher: Trotamundas Press Ltd
• Weight: 506 g
• Dimensions: 140 × 215 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 27. October 2007

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