Exploration & Journeys
Tahiti, the island paradise
Nicholas Senn · narrated by Moss
2026
7h 16m
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The surgeon and traveler Nicholas Senn describes Tahiti at the turn of the century, its lagoons, people and easy abundance. He weighs the myth of the South Seas paradise against what he actually finds. A period portrait of the Pacific island that has lured dreamers since Cook and Bougainville.
Inside this audiobook
36 chapters
- 1PREFACE8m
- 2TAHITI THE ISLAND PARADISE6m
- 3THE ISLAND OF TAHITI7m
- 4OCEAN VOYAGE15m
- 5THE ATOLL ISLANDS9m
- 6THE LANDING AT PAPEETE4m
- 7THE CITY OF PAPEETE9m
- 8TOPOGRAPHY OF THE ISLAND9m
- 9THE CLIMATE4m
- 10HISTORY OF THE ISLAND23m
- 11POMARE, THE ROYAL FAMILY OF TAHITI14m
- 12MISSIONARY RULE33m
- 13WARS BETWEEN PROTESTANT AND CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES6m
- 14THE LAST WAR10m
- 15THE NATIVES14m
- 16FOREIGNERS IN TAHITI5m
- 17BUSINESS IN TAHITI5m
- 18OLD TAHITI3m
- 19RELIGION OF THE NATIVES25m
- 20DISEASES OF TAHITI11m
- 21PRESENT PREVAILING DISEASES15m
- 22THE KAHUNA OR NATIVE DOCTOR8m
- 23HÔPITAL MILITAIRE8m
- 24THE ISLAND OF PLENTY5m
- 25TAHITI'S NATURAL BREAD SUPPLY16m
- 26THE COCOANUT, THE MEAT OF THE TAHITIANS5m
- 27THE COCOA-PALM30m
- 28THE FORESTS OF TAHITI9m
- 29NOTED FOREST TREES OF TAHITI7m
- 30VANILLA CULTIVATION IN TAHITI4m
- 31THE RURAL DISTRICTS15m
- 32POINT VENUS5m
- 33FAUTAHUA VALLEY4m
- 34VILLAGE OF PAPARA38m
- 35IORANA!5m
- 36THE STORY OF ARIITAIMAI OF TAHITI [1]39m
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