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A vivid snapshot of the Pacific at the turn of the twentieth century, this collection gathers the contemporary French press’s examinations of the New Hebrides archipelago. The articles trace the islands’ volcanic landscape, their ties to nearby New Caledonia, and the everyday lives of the indigenous peoples, enriched by contemporary photographs that bring the distant shores to mind.
Beyond geography, the pieces delve into the uneasy condominium that placed the islands under joint French‑British oversight, recounting the diplomatic exchanges of the 1870s and 1880s and the strategic anxieties that shaped colonial policy. Readers will hear the arguments of officials, the concerns of settlers, and the broader debate over whether the islands should belong to France, England, or their own emerging future—all presented in the clear, earnest style of early‑1900s travel journalism.
Full title
Le Tour du Monde; Nouvelles Hébrides Journal des voyages et des voyageurs; 2e Sem. 1905 Journal des voyages et des voyageurs; 2e Sem. 1905
Language
fr
Duration
~1 hours (103K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Carlo Traverso, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr)
Release date
2009-09-07
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
This collection brings together writing from more than one contributor, so there isn’t a single author story to tell. The focus is on the range of voices in the work itself.
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