Harry Liebersohn is Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

• Acknowledgments Map: The Pacific Ocean Map: Europe in 1815, after the Congress of Vienna Introduction Travelers as Ethnographers-Histories-Dimensions of a World 1. Travelers Philibert Commerson--George Forster--Adelbert von Chamisso 2. Patrons France--Great Britain--Russia--Germany 3. Collaborators Ahutoru--Tupaia, Mai, Mahine--Elliot de Castro, Marin, Kadu--Ali'i and Kings--Kingship in Tahiti: The Pomares-Kingship in Hawaii: Kamehameha 4. Philosophers Diderot and the Shock of Tahiti--Kant and George Forster--Wilhelm von Humboldt on Linguistic Diversity 5.Missions Dumont D'Urville and the Triumph of Racial Science--Sex, Speech, and Prophecy in Tahiti--Native Missionaries, New Englanders, and kapus in Hawaii--Science and Religion in Conflict 6. Darwin, Melville, and the End of a World Darwin and the "More Cheerful View"--Melville and the Casket Ships Conclusion Travelers as Interpreters--Travelers as Mediators Chronology Notes Select Bibliography Illustration Credits Index

The Travelers' World is a terrific book. Beautifully written, elegantly organized, and persuasive, this work is an innovative contribution to the history of travel, and should appeal not only to readers of discovery and exploration but to anyone interested in cultural and global history.

Harry Liebersohn is Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

• Acknowledgments Map: The Pacific Ocean Map: Europe in 1815, after the Congress of Vienna Introduction Travelers as Ethnographers-Histories-Dimensions of a World 1. Travelers Philibert Commerson--George Forster--Adelbert von Chamisso 2. Patrons France--Great Britain--Russia--Germany 3. Collaborators Ahutoru--Tupaia, Mai, Mahine--Elliot de Castro, Marin, Kadu--Ali'i and Kings--Kingship in Tahiti: The Pomares-Kingship in Hawaii: Kamehameha 4. Philosophers Diderot and the Shock of Tahiti--Kant and George Forster--Wilhelm von Humboldt on Linguistic Diversity 5.Missions Dumont D'Urville and the Triumph of Racial Science--Sex, Speech, and Prophecy in Tahiti--Native Missionaries, New Englanders, and kapus in Hawaii--Science and Religion in Conflict 6. Darwin, Melville, and the End of a World Darwin and the "More Cheerful View"--Melville and the Casket Ships Conclusion Travelers as Interpreters--Travelers as Mediators Chronology Notes Select Bibliography Illustration Credits Index

The Travelers' World is a terrific book. Beautifully written, elegantly organized, and persuasive, this work is an innovative contribution to the history of travel, and should appeal not only to readers of discovery and exploration but to anyone interested in cultural and global history.

Harry Liebersohn is Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

• Acknowledgments Map: The Pacific Ocean Map: Europe in 1815, after the Congress of Vienna Introduction Travelers as Ethnographers-Histories-Dimensions of a World 1. Travelers Philibert Commerson--George Forster--Adelbert von Chamisso 2. Patrons France--Great Britain--Russia--Germany 3. Collaborators Ahutoru--Tupaia, Mai, Mahine--Elliot de Castro, Marin, Kadu--Ali'i and Kings--Kingship in Tahiti: The Pomares-Kingship in Hawaii: Kamehameha 4. Philosophers Diderot and the Shock of Tahiti--Kant and George Forster--Wilhelm von Humboldt on Linguistic Diversity 5.Missions Dumont D'Urville and the Triumph of Racial Science--Sex, Speech, and Prophecy in Tahiti--Native Missionaries, New Englanders, and kapus in Hawaii--Science and Religion in Conflict 6. Darwin, Melville, and the End of a World Darwin and the "More Cheerful View"--Melville and the Casket Ships Conclusion Travelers as Interpreters--Travelers as Mediators Chronology Notes Select Bibliography Illustration Credits Index

The Travelers' World is a terrific book. Beautifully written, elegantly organized, and persuasive, this work is an innovative contribution to the history of travel, and should appeal not only to readers of discovery and exploration but to anyone interested in cultural and global history.