Discover the inspiration for the famed redesign of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. It was the young William Guilfoyle's botanical tour of the South Sea Islands in 1868 that provided his vision for the one of the world's great public parks. Share his excitement of discovering and collecting tropical plants, giving the local cannibals a very wide berth and being an eyewitness to an uprising in Fiji. Here is an unprecedented armchair view of the riches of this region by an emerging botanist who would later transform our understanding of garden design. Mr Guilfoyle's South Sea Islands Adventure on HMS Challenger is Guilfoyle's detailed account of the four months he spent exploring Samoa, the Friendly Islands, Fiji, the New Hebrides and New Caledonia. It is the final book of a glorious trilogyā Mr Guilfoyle's Shakespearian Botany and Mr Guilfoyle's Honeymoon, The Gardens of Europe & Great Britain āwhich illuminates the extraordinary genius of William Guilfoyle, botanist, landscape designer, artist and writer.
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Art GeneralTable of contents
- Foreword
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1. A Botanical Tour Among the South Sea Islands
- Taxonomy and Botanical Nomenclature
- Persons Featured by W.R. Guilfoyle
- Places Featured by W.R. Guilfoyle
- 2. Cultural Encounters
- Fiji and the Fijians
- Guilfoyle and His Party Observe the Fijian Natives Diving
- King George Tubou I of the Friendly Islands, Tonga
- King Thakambau of Fiji
- Residence of Thakambau, Principal Chief of Fiji
- Interior of Thakambauās House
- Levuka, the Commercial Capital of Fiji
- Rev. Thomas Williams
- Kava
- Conflict Between H.M.S. Challenger and the Matialobau Tribes
- Engagement with the Matialobau Tribes, Fiji, at Deuka, 29 July 1868
- Prince Joseph Celua of Fiji
- Epilogue for the Rev. Thomas BakerāFijians killed and ate a missionary in 1867. Yesterday their descendants apologised
- 3. Guilfoyle and Melbourneās Botanic Gardens
- Early Years
- Guilfoyleās Inspiration
- An Unusual Reservoir
- Afterword: H.M.S. Challenger
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Index
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