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Tells the story of the people of Nukutavake, in the Tuamotu Group, who were decimated by an outbreak of smallpox, which killed a third of the island's population in two months. Becke also visits the grave of a young boat-steerer, the 'dandiest boy' of the title, who was killed in a whaling accident twelve years before.
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cFrench Polynesia,cSouth Pacific, Pacific Region,
- 1869
- 1881
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