Identity area
Reference code
AU ANUA 776-5
Title
Polynesian Folder
Date(s)
- circa 2006 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
(1941 - 2021)
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Folder containing correspondence (between Dreissen and Anne Salmond), notes on Polynesian geographical knowledge, biographical notes and genealogies. Headings include: ‘Teva’ (‘the war between Teva and Te oro-pa’a, Tahiti’, with genealogies); ‘Tupaia’; ‘Tupaia and others geographical knowledge’; ‘Molyneux’s list of islands compared to Cook’s list’; ‘Tupaia & Central Polynesian Geography’, with extensive notes island by island.