Project Gutenberg 2014-10-06 Public domain in the USA. 175 Heilborn, Adolf 1873 1941 Unter den Wilden: Entdeckungen und Abenteuer Vorwort -- Die Entdeckung und Eroberung von Tahiti. Von Kapitän Samuel Wallis -- Ein Südsee-Idyll. Von Kapitän James Cook -- Kapitän Cooks Ermordung auf den Sandwichinseln. Von Kapitän James King -- Eine Unglücksreise nach der Nordwestküste Amerikas. Von Kapitän John Meares -- Reise nach Guinea und Gründung von Groß-Friedrichsburg. Von Major Otto Friedrich v. d. Groeben -- Geschichtliches und Geographisches zu den Berichten der Entdecker. Produced by Peter Becker, Norbert H. Langkau and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Unter den Wilden: Entdeckungen und Abenteuer" by Dr. Adolf Heilborn is a collection of travel accounts and adventures written in the early 20th century. The book highlights the explorations of various sea captains, with a focus on encounters with indigenous peoples and the exotic landscapes of distant islands. The opening sets the stage for a narrative rich in discovery, adventure, and the contrasts between European explorers and the cultures they encounter. The opening of the work presents a preface that explores the innate desire for adventure, likening it to childhood fantasies inspired by stories of explorers like Robinson Crusoe and characters from historical nautical journeys. Heilborn reminisces about the thrill of reading these exploration accounts as a child, presenting a psychological and cultural context for the narratives that follow. He sets the tone for the subsequent adventures by referring to the tales of Captain Cook and others, suggesting that these real-life explorations of Tahiti and other locales serve as the true basis for those childhood fantasies. The preface serves as an invitation for readers to indulge in an adventurous spirit, promising tales filled with excitement and insight into the world's natural beauty and cultural diversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. de Voyages and travels Discoveries in geography -- Juvenile literature G Text Category: Adventure Category: Travel Writing Category: German Literature 558879 2025-08-19T04:50:30.040154 text/html 539324 2024-10-24T11:17:02 text/html 2971505 2025-08-19T04:50:41.037122 application/epub+zip 2978797 2025-08-19T04:50:33.574152 application/epub+zip 288119 2025-08-19T04:50:30.585157 application/epub+zip 4289043 2025-08-19T04:50:45.308107 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4245268 2025-08-19T04:50:38.055113 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 395470 2022-09-21T11:32:16.383220 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 521422 2025-08-19T04:50:29.332197 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 501580 2024-10-24T11:17:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17226 2025-08-19T04:50:45.473076 application/rdf+xml 22418 2025-08-19T04:50:30.684146 image/jpeg 3160 2025-08-19T04:50:30.635139 image/jpeg 2928260 2025-08-19T04:50:30.190191 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog de.wikipedia