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Astride the equator : an account of the Gilbert Islands / translated by Ursula Nixon from Sous l'équateur du Pacifique by Ernest Sabatier ; with a foreword, endnotes and bibliography by H.E. Maude.

by Sabatier, E.

Melbourne ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1977.

Catholic Church -- Missions.

Kiribati -- History.

viii, 386 pages : portrait ; 23 cm

PART 1. The islands -- Flora and fauna -- Myths, legends and stories -- Beliefs, religion and superstition -- Social life -- Work -- Navigation, canoes and fishing -- Gilbertese wars -- Traders and the colony government -- PART 2. The founders -- The first missionary settlements -- Around the islands -- Occupation of the northern islands -- The struggle in the south -- The central Gilberts -- Ocean Island and Nauru -- The schools -- Mgr. Leray's bishopric -- The missionaries and their work -- Recent events -- Works by Ernest Sabatier.

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